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Bone And Skin Transfer From A Foot Bone

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 20972

A segment of one of the long bones of the foot, together with the skin and soft tissue over it, is moved to another part of the body to rebuild a defect. Its blood vessels are joined to vessels at the new site under a microscope so that the transferred bone and skin keep their own blood supply.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bone And Skin Transfer From A Foot Bone cost?

$3,802

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,715 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,715$3,162 to $4,571
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$3,020 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $13,183Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $4,898
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $3,715

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
$724.44
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$16,982.44
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,677.35
6 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 19.5 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$3,802

AK $11,482TX $589

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.