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Skin Graft Using A Thin Layer Of Skin

Iowa rates for HCPCS 15100

A thin layer of a patient's own skin, including the outer layer and part of the layer beneath it, is surgically removed from a donor area and transplanted onto the trunk, arm, or leg to cover a wound, burn, or area of missing skin. This covers up to a set amount of surface area treated. It is used when a wound is too large or too deep to close with stitches alone and needs new skin to heal properly.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Skin Graft Using A Thin Layer Of Skin cost?

$4,677

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,288$832 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,089 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,467
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $1,288

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,041.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Delaware than in Maryland. 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

Iowa· 15th of 50

$4,677

$1,288 physician + $3,388 facility

DE $8,685MD $1,762

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.