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Skin Graft, Sensitive Area (Alternate)

Tennessee 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?

$3,586

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,586 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$708 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,738 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,244Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,585
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,754professional $832

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
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,737.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 32nd of 50

$3,586

$832 physician + $2,754 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.