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Full Thickness Skin Graft to the Trunk

Louisiana 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?

$2,362

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,362 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$813$692 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$1,000 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $871 to $4,898Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $813

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
$676.08
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$933.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$707.95

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 38th of 51

$2,362

$813 physician + $1,549 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.