Additional Area Of Split-Thickness Skin Graft

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 15101

Covers a further area of a wound on the trunk, arm, or leg with a thin sheet of the patient's own skin taken from another part of the body. The graft is laid over the prepared wound bed and secured so it can take root and grow a new blood supply. It is billed in addition to the main procedure when the wound is too large to be covered by the first area treated.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Additional Area Of Split-Thickness Skin Graft cost?

$3,481

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,481 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

7% physician fee93% facility fee

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 52 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$245	$170 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$3,236	$813 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $170 to $10,000Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $112 to $501

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $173.78 Median $3,467.37 Typical High $10,471.29	Facility	Global	$173.78	$3,467.37	$10,471.29
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,659.59 Median $4,265.80 Typical High $12,022.64	Facility	Global	$1,659.59	$4,265.80	$12,022.64
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $177.83 Median $630.96 Typical High $1,778.28	Facility	Global	$177.83	$630.96	$1,778.28
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $229.09 Median $1,148.15 Typical High $3,630.78	Facility	Global	$229.09	$1,148.15	$3,630.78

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 15.2 times more in Nebraska than in North Carolina. 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

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NE $7,933NC $522

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.