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Preparing Or Dividing A Skin Flap

California rates for HCPCS 15610

A staged step in moving a flap of skin and the tissue beneath it from one place to another. The flap's blood supply is either conditioned in advance of the move or, once the flap has taken hold in its new position, the remaining attachment is divided and the tissue is set into place. It is one stage of a reconstruction carried out over more than one operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Preparing Or Dividing A Skin Flap cost?

$6,918

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,918 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,786 to $10,233.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $15,849Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $245 to $776
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,413professional $417

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$19,054.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,848.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$776.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$45,708.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,135.61

Where California sits

The same service costs 23.4 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

California· 2nd of 49

$6,918

IN $7,762WV $331

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.