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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

California 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 July 2026.

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

$4,365

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,818 to $6,310.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $13,490Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $115 to $537
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $275

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$18,197.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,882.50
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$407.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$537.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where California sits

The same service costs 27.5 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

California· 6th of 49

$4,365

IN $6,607WV $240

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.