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Full-Thickness Skin Graft, Additional Area

Virginia 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?

$1,053

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,053 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $120 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$120$79.43 to $155
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$115 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $78 to $7,079Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $66 to $302
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $120

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
$120.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$218.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$2,630.27
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$213.80

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 35th of 50

$1,053

$120 physician + $933 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.