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Full-Thickness Skin Graft To Nose, Ears, Eyelids, Or Lips

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 15260

This is a skin graft procedure in which a full-thickness piece of skin, including both outer layers, is removed from a donor site and placed over a wound on a sensitive or highly visible area such as the nose, ears, eyelids, or lips. The donor site is stitched closed directly as part of the same procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Full-Thickness Skin Graft To Nose, Ears, Eyelids, Or Lips cost?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$912$741 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$832 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $631 to $6,761Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,318
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $912

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,621.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,584.89
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$812.83

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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· 41st of 51

$912

AK $3,311TX $759

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.