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Skin Graft, Sensitive Area (Alternate)

Minnesota 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?

$5,368

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,368 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,820$1,380 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$2,399 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $851 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $977 to $3,162
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,548professional $1,820

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
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,801.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 12th of 50

$5,368

$1,820 physician + $3,548 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.