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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 July 2026.

How much does Full-Thickness Skin Graft To The Scalp, Arm, Or Leg cost?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $933 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 7 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$741$589 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$661 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $501 to $6,166Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,862
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $933professional $741

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
$0.62
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,187.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,380.38
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 44th of 51

$741

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.