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

Wisconsin 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?

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 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 11 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$1,148$724 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$2,630 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $589 to $2,884
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $4,169professional $1,148

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
$512.86
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,187.76
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,981.07
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,570.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,570.88
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,089.30
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,570.40
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,623.41
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,445.44
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin $1,445 · 5th 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.