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Skin Graft, Sensitive Area (Alternate)

North Carolina 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?

$2,139

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,139 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$851$741 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$891 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $741 to $8,511Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $692 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $851

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
$851.14
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 48th of 50

$2,139

$851 physician + $1,288 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.