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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

Minnesota 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?

$1,023

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $724 to $2,570.

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 $1,023 · 10th to 90th $245 to $5,495
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023

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
$114.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 36th of 49

$1,023

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.