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

Vermont 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?

$794

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $676 to $851.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,096
$1K$2Kprofessional $794

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,778.28
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 36th of 51

$794

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.