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Forehead Skin Flap Reconstruction (Blood Supply Preserved)

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 15731

A section of skin from the forehead is carefully lifted and moved to reconstruct another area, most often the nose, while keeping it attached to its original blood supply through a narrow stalk of tissue. Keeping the blood supply intact helps the moved tissue survive and heal in its new location.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Forehead Skin Flap Reconstruction (Blood Supply Preserved) cost?

$3,046

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,046 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$1,000 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,549 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $4,571Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,738
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $1,096

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
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,202.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,862.09
2 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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

Arkansas· 46th of 51

$3,046

$1,096 physician + $1,950 facility

AK $8,972HI $2,764

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.