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Full-Thickness Skin Graft (Face, Hands, Feet)

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 15240

A surgical procedure that takes a full-thickness patch of skin, including all skin layers, from a donor area of the body and transplants it to cover a wound on the face, hands, feet, genital area, or a few other specific locations, closing the donor site directly afterward. It is used to repair skin loss from injury, surgery to remove a lesion, or other tissue damage in these areas.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Full-Thickness Skin Graft (Face, Hands, Feet) cost?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $871 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$871$813 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$1,122 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $851 to $20,417Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $871

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
$851.14
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,380.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Hawaii than in Delaware. 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.

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$912

HI $2,455DE $813

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.