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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

Maryland 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?

$251

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $123 to $447.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,738Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $117 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,000professional $158

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$338.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$446.68
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$457.09

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Maryland· 33rd of 51

$251

AK $676KY $200

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.