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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

South Dakota 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?

$955

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$257 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$316 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,514Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $204 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $617professional $339

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
$123.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$575.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$537.03
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$724.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$630.96

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 48th of 51

$955

$339 physician + $617 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.