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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,409

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,409 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$120 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$589 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $427 to $4,898Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $112 to $355
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $234

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
$245.47
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$245.47
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,398.83
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$245.47
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$501.19
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$257.04
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 36th of 51

$1,409

$234 physician + $1,175 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.