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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

Vermont 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?

$275

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $145 to $372.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,512Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $132 to $437
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $275

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$549.54

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Vermont· 24th of 51

$275

AK $676KY $200

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.