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Dye Injection to Check Blood Flow in a Flap

Nebraska 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 October 2026.

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

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $851 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$224$141 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$389 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $204 to $7,244Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $98 to $309
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $851professional $224

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
$204.17
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$257.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$776.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Wisconsin than in New York. 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.

Nebraska· 4th of 51

$229

WI $316NY $89.13

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.