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Forming A Skin Flap On A Stalk

Louisiana 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?

$2,042

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,096 to $3,467.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,898
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042

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
$794.33
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,248.07
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 35th of 49

$2,042

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.