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

Missouri 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?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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$617 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,122 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,495Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,188
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,042professional $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
$562.34
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,548.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri $955 · 20th 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.