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Skin Graft, Sensitive Area (Alternate)

Iowa rates for HCPCS 15135

This service transplants a layer of the patient's own skin, taken from elsewhere on the body, to cover a wound on a sensitive or highly visible area such as the face, scalp, hands, feet, or genitals. It covers the first section of the area being treated, using a different graft technique than the more basic version of this treatment. This is used when a wound in one of these areas needs its own skin covering to heal well.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Skin Graft, Sensitive Area (Alternate) cost?

$4,949

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,949 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$955 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,042 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $724 to $4,677
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $1,318

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,570.40
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$9,549.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,137.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.4 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Iowa· 15th of 50

$4,949

$1,318 physician + $3,631 facility

IN $10,109WV $1,589

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.