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Taking A Skin Sample To Grow A Graft

Wyoming 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?

$2,245

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,245 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$263 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,622 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,818Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $214 to $617
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $295

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$616.60

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 12th of 51

$2,245

$295 physician + $1,950 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.