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Forming A Skin Flap On A Stalk

Virginia 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?

$3,009

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,009 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$871$759 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,023 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $646 to $6,026Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $871

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
$831.76
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,011.87
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 19th of 51

$3,009

$871 physician + $2,138 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.