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

Michigan 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 Michigan, 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 $1,445 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 6 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 $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$912 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $550 to $2,951Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,122
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $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
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,073.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$977.24
12 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
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$616.60

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 26th 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.