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

Virginia 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?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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$776$646 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$813 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,079Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $776

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
$691.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Hawaii than in West Virginia. 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.

Virginia· 34th of 51

$813

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.