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

North Dakota 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?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 from a physician practice, and about $759 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 5 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$1,318$776 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$617 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $589 to $2,512Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,778
$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $759professional $1,318

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
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota $1,259 · 7th 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.