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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 October 2026.

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

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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$741$631 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$1,000 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $603 to $4,169Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $537 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $741

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
$537.03
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$645.65

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 28th 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.