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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

Indiana 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?

$2,839

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,839 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$209$138 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$977 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $513 to $8,318Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $107 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $209

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
$102.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,818.38
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$380.19

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 9th of 51

$2,839

$209 physician + $2,630 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.