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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 October 2026.

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

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 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 $776 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,318$1,072 to $1,585
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$617 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,698Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $776professional $1,318

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
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,548.82
3 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 8th of 51

$1,259

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.