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

Vermont 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?

$1,175

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,122 from a physician practice, and about $10,471 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,122$977 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,471$2,344 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $10,471professional $1,122

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 19th of 51

$1,175

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.