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Additional Area Of Thin Skin Graft, Face Or Hands

California rates for HCPCS 15116

Covers a further area of grafting with a very thin top layer of the patient's own skin, on sensitive sites such as the face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, hands, feet, or genitals. It is billed in addition to the main procedure when the wound is bigger than the first area covers.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Additional Area Of Thin Skin Graft, Face Or Hands cost?

$1,385

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,385 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$155$135 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$490 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $138 to $6,761Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $120 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,230professional $155

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
$478.63
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$15,135.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$389.05
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,897.79
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$229.09
Central California Alliance for Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$363.08
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$295.12
1 more rate 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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96

Where California sits

The same service costs 10.2 times more in Alabama 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

California· 8th of 51

$1,385

$155 physician + $1,230 facility

AL $2,963DE $289

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.