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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 July 2026.

How much does Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft cost?

$1,862

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $186 to $3,311.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $148 to $4,898
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,862

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$28,840.32
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$338.84
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$28,840.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 27.5 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Massachusetts· 28th of 49

$1,862

IN $6,607WV $240

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.