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Additional-Area Deep Skin Graft

North Carolina 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?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 6 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$95.50$87.10 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$102 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $87 to $5,495Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $81 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $240professional $95

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
$95.50
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$831.76

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 40th of 51

$100

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.