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Forehead Skin Flap Reconstruction (Blood Supply Preserved)

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

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

$2,681

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,681 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$1,096$977 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$1,096 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $9,333Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $1,096

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
$1,096.48
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,951.21
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,089.30
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.5 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Carolina· 48th of 49

$2,681

$1,096 physician + $1,585 facility

IN $11,210WV $2,047

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.