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

Ohio 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?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 9 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$741$603 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$1,820 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $813 to $10,233Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,820
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,570professional $741

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
$812.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$338.84
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio $933 · 21st 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.