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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

Illinois 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?

$2,195

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,195 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$245$151 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,096 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,074Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $117 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $245

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
$245.47
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$707.95
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$354.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$467.74

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 14th of 51

$2,195

$245 physician + $1,950 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.