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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

Massachusetts 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?

$1,007

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,007 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$200 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$178 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $126 to $3,548Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $138 to $933
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $676professional $331

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
$691.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,715.35
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$602.56
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$776.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,715.35
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$741.31
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$691.83
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$223.87

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 46th of 51

$1,007

$331 physician + $676 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.