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Full-Thickness Skin Graft, Additional Area

Colorado 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?

$2,872

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,872 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$117$69.18 to $138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$174 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $87 to $7,413Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $60 to $191
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $117

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
$128.82
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$691.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$288.40
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$245.47

Where Colorado sits

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

Colorado· 15th of 50

$2,872

$117 physician + $2,754 facility

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.