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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 July 2026.

How much does Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft cost?

$355

Typical facility fee. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $245 to $490.

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 $372 · 10th to 90th $148 to $3,090Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $209 to $501
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $372professional $347

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
$123.03
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$676.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$575.44
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 45th of 49

$355

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.