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

New Mexico 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?

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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 6 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$794$708 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$955 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $724 to $8,128Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,413
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,692professional $794

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
$831.76
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico $891 · 25th 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.