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Forming A Skin Flap On A Stalk

Montana 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?

$2,463

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,463 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$1,175$955 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$1,148 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $1,820Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $1,175

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,778.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,128.61
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Montana 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

Montana· 32nd of 51

$2,463

$1,175 physician + $1,288 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.