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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

North Carolina 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?

$479

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $234 to $3,548.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $126 to $6,918Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $398 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $479professional $398

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$933.25
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$28,840.32

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 41st of 49

$479

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.