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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 October 2026.

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

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $871 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$871$692 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$1,072 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,762Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,259
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $871

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
$588.84
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
6 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 19th of 51

$891

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.