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Forming A Skin Flap On A Stalk

Oregon 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?

$3,150

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,150 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$1,413$1,148 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,318 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $977 to $5,129Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,344
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $1,413

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
$5,128.61
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,344.23
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$13,182.57
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,884.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,398.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,413.10
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
12 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
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$912.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$977.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$912.01

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 15th of 51

$3,150

$1,413 physician + $1,738 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.