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

Maryland 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?

$776

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $617 to $1,349.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $912 to $5,888Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,950
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,399professional $776

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
$912.01
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Hawaii than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Maryland $776 · 40th of 51
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.