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Extra Area Of Thin Outer-Layer Skin Graft

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 15111

Covers each further area grafted beyond the first when only the outermost layer of the patient's own skin is lifted and transferred onto a wound of the trunk, arm or leg. Taking just the surface layer means the donor area heals quickly and with little scarring. It is billed in addition to the first area treated.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Extra Area Of Thin Outer-Layer Skin Graft cost?

$499

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $499 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $355 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$145$112 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$355$132 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,318Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $100 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $355professional $145

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$245.47
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 16.3 times more in Oklahoma than in Delaware. 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

North Carolina· 38th of 51

$499

$145 physician + $355 facility

OK $4,016DE $247

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.