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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

Nebraska 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?

$3,890

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,344 to $7,943.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $457 to $13,490Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $275 to $741
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $479

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
$2,344.23
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,511.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 9th of 49

$3,890

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.