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

South Carolina 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$661$575 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$794 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $631 to $6,761Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $158 to $977
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,230professional $661

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
$660.69
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
8 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
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 37th of 51

$741

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.