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Bone And Skin Transfer From A Foot Bone

Michigan 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?

$3,162

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,090 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,090$2,630 to $3,802
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,311 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $8,710Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $5,888
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $3,090

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
$3,630.78
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,606.93
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,801.89
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,548.13
12 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
$1,819.70
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 33rd of 51

$3,162

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.