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Full-Thickness Skin Graft To The Scalp, Arm, Or Leg

Kansas rates for HCPCS 15220

A full-thickness patch of the patient's own skin, including its deeper layer, is removed from a donor site and stitched into place over a wound on the scalp, arm, or leg, and the donor site itself is stitched closed directly. This is a thicker, sturdier graft than a thin, split-thickness graft, and this entry covers the first section of coverage.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Full-Thickness Skin Graft To The Scalp, Arm, Or Leg cost?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $851 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$832$724 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$347 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $331 to $3,802Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $832

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Alaska than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Kansas· 27th of 51

$832

AK $2,455TX $589

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.