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Forming A Skin Flap On A Stalk

Utah 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?

$3,815

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,815 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$724$468 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$933 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $759 to $6,918Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $98 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $724

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
$758.58
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,148.15
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65

Where Utah 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

Utah· 7th of 51

$3,815

$724 physician + $3,090 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.