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Full-Thickness Skin Graft, Additional Area

Iowa 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?

$3,137

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,137 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$186$110 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$240 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $135 to $6,761Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $74 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $186

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
$138.04
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$316.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$263.03

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 50

$3,137

$186 physician + $2,951 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.