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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

Ohio 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?

$1,478

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,478 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$219$129 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$692 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $513 to $5,248Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $110 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $219

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
$707.95
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$407.38

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 32nd of 51

$1,478

$219 physician + $1,259 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.