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Full Thickness Skin Graft to the Trunk

Iowa rates for HCPCS 15200

A piece of skin containing all its layers is cut from one part of the body and stitched into a wound on the trunk, with the place it came from closed directly with stitches. Full thickness skin gives a better color and texture match and contracts less than a thin graft. It covers a small area of skin.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Full Thickness Skin Graft to the Trunk cost?

$3,667

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,667 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,023 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,479 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $6,026Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,291
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $1,479

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
$1,023.29
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,290.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,137.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
6 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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

Iowa· 11th of 51

$3,667

$1,479 physician + $2,188 facility

AK $5,990MD $1,938

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.