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Forming A Skin Flap On A Stalk

Colorado 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?

$5,437

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,437 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$891 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,660 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $933 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $1,072

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
$1,479.11
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,412.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,698.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,137.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$5,437

$1,072 physician + $4,365 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.