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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast

Tattooing skin to correct color, each extra 20 sq cm

CPT 11922the billing code this page is about

Add-on charge for pigment placed in the skin beyond the first 20 square centimeters; billed once for each additional 20 square centimeters or part of it.

Hospitals typically charge $182 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 253 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $298. Most fall between $54 and $1,029 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
253
States
41
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 253 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$41$91$182$815$1,159

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 28× what the cheapest tenth charges ($41 vs $1,159).

How the prices are spread

$28 – $46: 21 hospitals$28$46 – $75: 29 hospitals$75 – $122: 28 hospitals$75$122 – $199: 38 hospitals$199 – $326: 34 hospitals$199$326 – $532: 14 hospitals$532 – $869: 24 hospitals$532$869 – $1,419: 32 hospitals$1,419 – $2,318: 3 hospitals$1,419$2,318 – $3,786: 6 hospitals$2,318median $182price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (229 of 253 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$28$4621
$46$7529
$75$12228
$122$19938
$199$32634
$326$53214
$532$86924
$869$1,41932
$1,419$2,3183
$2,318$3,7866

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $182.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $133 across 18 hospitalsIL$133Wisconsin: median $314 across 21 hospitalsWI$314Michigan: median $100 across 15 hospitalsMI$100New York: median $63 across 10 hospitalsNY$63Massachusetts: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $146 across 14 hospitalsIA$146Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: median $127 across 13 hospitalsOH$127Pennsylvania: median $18 across 11 hospitalsPA$18New Jersey: median $5,110 across 12 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $1,159 across 24 hospitalsCA$1,159Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $48 across 10 hospitalsOK$48Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $815 across 19 hospitalsTX$815Florida: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $182. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ12$5,110+2700%$4,350 – $5,855
California CA24$1,159+535%$937 – $1,159
Texas TX19$815+347%$637 – $1,120
Wisconsin WI21$314+72%$314 – $819
Iowa IA14$146−20%$146 – $146
Illinois IL18$133−27%$44 – $936
Ohio OH13$127−30%$104 – $401
Michigan MI15$100−45%$36 – $314
New York NY10$63−65%$34 – $477
Oklahoma OK10$48−74%$48 – $48
Pennsylvania PA11$18−90%$17 – $21
Massachusetts MA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $182.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care215$180$54 – $1,120
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access33$314$55 – $819
Ownership
For-profit25$220$48 – $1,120
Government23$124$67 – $410
Non-profit205$211$54 – $1,120
System affiliation
Part of a system214$244$54 – $1,120
Independent39$128$51 – $401

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$283
Median cash price$182
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

171 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $244 and the average of the middle 60% is $293; most fall between $60 and $825.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 171 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$44$100$244$704$1,159

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 26× what the cheapest tenth charges ($44 vs $1,159).

Of the 196 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 171 gave a usable cash price; 12 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 13 a list price only.

How complete is this

253 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (6%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 298 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted253
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here18
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded26
Hospitals that filed this code298

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other non-OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Tattooing Incl Micropigmentation Ea 20.0 Cm.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Tattooing skin to correct color, each extra 20 sq cm (CPT 11922) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-11922-tattooing-skin-to-correct-color-each-extra-20-sq-cm