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Full Thickness Skin Graft to the Trunk

Tennessee 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?

$2,801

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,801 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$851$692 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,230 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $813 to $4,266Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $575 to $6,026
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $851

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
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 23rd of 51

$2,801

$851 physician + $1,950 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.