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

Louisiana 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?

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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 6 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$759$661 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$933 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,365Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $759

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
$660.69
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$912.01
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 26th of 51

$891

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.