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Forming A Skin Flap On A Stalk

North Carolina 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?

$2,318

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,318 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$794 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$724 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,548Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,950
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $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
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46
8 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
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$588.84

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 37th of 51

$2,318

$1,000 physician + $1,318 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.