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Full Thickness Skin Graft to the Trunk

North Carolina 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?

$2,337

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,337 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$891$724 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$977 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $646 to $4,571Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $891

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
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
8 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
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$575.44

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 39th of 51

$2,337

$891 physician + $1,445 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.