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Forming A Skin Flap On A Stalk

Kentucky 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?

$2,401

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,401 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$617 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$794 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $617 to $7,244Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $741

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
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,677.35
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,348.96
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$602.56

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 34th of 51

$2,401

$741 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.