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Forming A Skin Flap On A Stalk

Florida 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?

$2,368

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,368 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$708$589 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,000 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $617 to $7,413Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,122
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $1,660professional $708

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
$660.69
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$8,511.38
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,258.93
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
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
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$562.34

Where Florida 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

Florida· 35th of 51

$2,368

$708 physician + $1,660 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.