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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

Florida 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?

$1,150

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,150 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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$195$115 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$263 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $138 to $7,244Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $95 to $295
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $955professional $195

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
$478.63
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$218.78
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$8,511.38
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$323.59
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$275.42

Where Florida 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

Florida· 43rd of 51

$1,150

$195 physician + $955 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.