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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

Alaska rates for HCPCS 15040

A small piece of the patient's own skin is harvested so that skin cells can be grown in a laboratory into a sheet large enough to cover a wound. The harvest itself is a short procedure; the cultured sheet is applied at a later operation. It is used for extensive burns and other wounds where there is too little healthy skin to graft directly.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft cost?

$3,001

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,001 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$437 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,288 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $603 to $8,913Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,202
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $603

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,737.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,202.26
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,754.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,912.51
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$645.65

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Colorado than in North Dakota. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 8th of 51

$3,001

$603 physician + $2,399 facility

CO $4,634ND $587

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.