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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 October 2026.

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

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$741$646 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$912 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $603 to $5,888Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $741

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
$794.33
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,630.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th of 51

$759

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.