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Forming A Skin Flap On A Stalk

California 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 July 2026.

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

$6,761

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,761 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,786 to $10,233.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $15,849Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,905
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $1,047

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
$2,818.38
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$19,054.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,848.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,905.46
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$45,708.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where California sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Indiana 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.

California· 2nd of 49

$6,761

IN $7,413WV $851

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.