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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

Washington 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?

$603

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $316 to $5,012.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $234 to $8,511
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $603

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
$245.47
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$14,454.40
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,344.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,691.53
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$758.58
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,748.98

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 39th of 49

$603

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.