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Lab-Grown Skin Graft to Face, Hands or Feet

New York 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?

$4,815

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,815 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$617 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,950 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $9,772Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $741

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,318.26
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,570.40
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,737.80
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$933.25
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$933.25
9 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
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$199.53
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44

Where New York 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

New York· 7th of 51

$4,815

$741 physician + $4,074 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.