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Full-Thickness Skin Graft, Additional Area

Louisiana 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?

$1,430

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,430 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $112 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$112$81.28 to $148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$661 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $135 to $3,715Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $69 to $174
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1,318professional $112

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
$144.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 29th of 50

$1,430

$112 physician + $1,318 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.