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

New Jersey 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?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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$676$550 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$4,169 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $692 to $10,471Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,388
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $5,888professional $676

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
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,584.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,120.11
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey $776 · 41st 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.