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Lab-Grown Skin Graft, Trunk Or Limbs, Added Area

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 15151

Placement of skin grown in a laboratory from a small sample of the patient's own skin onto the trunk, arms, or legs. It is used mainly to cover large burns or wounds when too little healthy skin remains to take a graft from. This covers additional surface treated beyond the first area, billed in addition to it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lab-Grown Skin Graft, Trunk Or Limbs, Added Area cost?

$110

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $107 to $120.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $110 to $7,762Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $100 to $120
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $110

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
$109.65
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$117.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$281.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$239.88

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in Hawaii than in Delaware. 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.

Washington, DC· 49th of 51

$110

HI $1,514DE $107

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.