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Skin Graft, Sensitive Area (Alternate)

South Dakota 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?

$2,577

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,577 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$1,259$813 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$1,072 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $813 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $708 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $1,259

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
$758.58
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,456.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,778.28
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 43rd of 50

$2,577

$1,259 physician + $1,318 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.