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Lab-Grown Skin Graft to Face, Hands or Feet

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 15155

Applies a sheet of skin grown in a laboratory from a small sample of the patient's own skin onto a wound of the face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, genitals, hands or feet. It covers the first and smallest area treated in the session; further area treated is billed in addition.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lab-Grown Skin Graft to Face, Hands or Feet cost?

$1,979

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,979 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$776$708 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$832 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $708 to $8,511Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $617 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $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
$776.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,412.54
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 7.1 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

North Carolina· 47th of 49

$1,979

$776 physician + $1,202 facility

IN $10,708WV $1,500

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.