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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

Texas 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?

$2,512

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $955 to $3,981.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $245 to $6,310
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,512

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
$588.84
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,897.79
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$263.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 21st of 49

$2,512

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.