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

Minnesota 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?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$1,514$1,122 to $2,042
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,950 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $759 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $1,514

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
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,311.31
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$1,549

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.