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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 October 2026.

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

$2,454

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,454 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$794$741 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$525 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $204 to $6,166Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,698
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $794

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,778.28
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska than in South Carolina. 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· 45th of 51

$2,454

$794 physician + $1,660 facility

AK $7,738SC $1,719

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.