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Full-Thickness Skin Graft, Additional Area

North Carolina 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?

$380

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $251 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$129$74.13 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$251$110 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $68 to $6,761Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $65 to $282
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $251professional $129

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
$0.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$281.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$218.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 46th of 50

$380

$129 physician + $251 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.