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Forming A Skin Flap On A Stalk

New York 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?

$4,143

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,143 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$692 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,585 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $955 to $7,586Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $832

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
$1,819.70
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,513.56
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,912.51
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,630.27
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,344.23
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
15 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
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$575.44
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$199.53
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$120.23
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76

Where New York 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

New York· 6th of 51

$4,143

$832 physician + $3,311 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.