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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

Virginia 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?

$2,124

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,124 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$135 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$646 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $166 to $5,888Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $117 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $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
$275.42
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$338.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,630.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$416.87

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 15th of 51

$2,124

$219 physician + $1,905 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.