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Forming A Skin Flap On A Stalk

Georgia 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?

$2,072

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,072 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$813 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$676 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $550 to $4,571Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $1,000

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
$794.33
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,344.23
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
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$660.69

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 45th of 51

$2,072

$1,000 physician + $1,072 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.