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Skin Graft, Sensitive Area (Alternate)

South 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?

$5,980

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,980 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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$776 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$1,096 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $832 to $19,498Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,202
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,129professional $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
$831.76
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,288.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where South 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

South Carolina· 9th of 50

$5,980

$851 physician + $5,129 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.