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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 October 2026.

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

$1,099

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,099 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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$407$251 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$257 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $120 to $3,311Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $195 to $832
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $692professional $407

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
$120.23
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$912.01
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$812.83

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 45th of 51

$1,099

$407 physician + $692 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.