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

North Carolina 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$851$692 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$724 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,020Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $851

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
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
9 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
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
58 · Staged procedure + 59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 24th of 51

$851

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.