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Dye Injection to Check Blood Flow in a Flap

Iowa rates for HCPCS 15860

A dye is injected into a vein during surgery so the surgeon can see whether blood is actually reaching a flap or graft of tissue that has just been moved into a new position. Under a special light the dye glows where blood is flowing and stays dark where it is not. It is a survival check on the reconstruction, made while the operation is still under way and the problem can still be fixed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Dye Injection to Check Blood Flow in a Flap cost?

$1,072

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $240 to $3,388.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $191 to $6,761Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $110 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $234

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
$204.17
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,943.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 75.9 times more in West Virginia than in Maryland. 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.

Iowa· 27th of 49

$1,072

WV $8,128MD $107

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.