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Forming A Skin Flap On A Stalk

South Dakota 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?

$2,862

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,862 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,660$1,259 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$912 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,905Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $1,660

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
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,606.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,041.74
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,905.46
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,511.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,238.72
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
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 22nd of 51

$2,862

$1,660 physician + $1,202 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.