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

Kentucky 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 July 2026.

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

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$631$562 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,259 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,365Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $501 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $631

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,073.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Hawaii than in West Virginia. 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$708

HI $2,042WV $661

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.