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Forming A Skin Flap On A Stalk

Alaska rates for HCPCS 15570

Raises a flap of skin and the fat beneath it that stays attached along one edge by a stalk carrying its blood supply, so the tissue can be moved to cover a nearby wound. The stalk keeps the flap alive until it builds a new blood supply where it has been placed. Further operations are usually needed to complete the transfer.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Forming A Skin Flap On A Stalk cost?

$6,113

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,113 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,951 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,951$1,950 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$2,399 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $10,715Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $4,266
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,162professional $2,951

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,951.21
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,165.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,265.80
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,630.78
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,715.35
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,912.51
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 1st of 51

$6,113

$2,951 physician + $3,162 facility

AK $6,113DE $1,645

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.