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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

Colorado 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?

$4,634

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,634 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$269$162 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,622 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $759 to $8,511Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $138 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $269

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
$1,258.93
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$380.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$478.63
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$467.74

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$4,634

$269 physician + $4,365 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.