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Full-Thickness Skin Graft, Additional Area

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 15221

This covers extra surface area covered when a full-thickness skin graft, a patch of skin including its deeper layer, taken from the patient's own body and stitched into place, is used to close a wound on the scalp, an arm, or a leg. It applies in addition to the main graft, for each additional area of coverage needed beyond the first section. Full-thickness grafts include the full depth of the skin, which typically gives a more durable and natural-looking repair than a thinner graft.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Full-Thickness Skin Graft, Additional Area cost?

$2,941

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,941 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $123 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 66 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$123$81.28 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$759 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $120 to $8,710Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $63 to $324
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $123

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$245.47

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 26.1 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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

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NJ $6,006WV $230

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.