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Forming A Skin Flap On A Stalk

Ohio 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?

$2,064

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,064 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$617 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$759 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $575 to $7,244Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,259
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $776

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
$954.99
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,786.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,513.56
6 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
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 46th of 51

$2,064

$776 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.