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

South Dakota 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?

$1,023

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 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 8 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$1,023$661 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$851 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,778
$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,096professional $1,023

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
$616.60
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,754.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota $1,023 · 15th 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.