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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

New Mexico 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?

$1,568

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,568 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$219$151 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$692 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $363 to $4,074Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $132 to $427
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $219

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$426.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$446.68

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 26th of 51

$1,568

$219 physician + $1,349 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.