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Skin Graft, Sensitive Area (Alternate)

Pennsylvania 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?

$4,667

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,667 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$692 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,905 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $813 to $8,318Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,479
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $776

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
$812.83
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,584.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,570.40
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 21st of 50

$4,667

$776 physician + $3,890 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.