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Additional-Area Deep Skin Graft

Iowa rates for HCPCS 15131

This procedure applies a graft of deeper skin tissue to cover a wound on the trunk, arms, or legs. It is billed in addition to the main grafting procedure, covering the additional surface area needed when a wound is larger than the amount covered by that main procedure, performed in the same session.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Additional-Area Deep Skin Graft cost?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$145$112 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$234 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $132 to $6,761Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $83 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $145

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
$144.54
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$251.19
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 17.4 times more in Hawaii 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$166

HI $1,514DE $87.10

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.