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Additional Skin Graft, Nose/Ears/Eyelids/Lips

California rates for HCPCS 15261

An add-on service for placing more full-thickness skin, taken from the patient's own body, to cover additional area beyond the first section already grafted on the nose, ears, eyelids, or lips. It is provided for each extra section covered on these facial features, in addition to the main grafting procedure, and includes closing the donor site. It is used when a wound on these small, cosmetically sensitive areas is larger than a single standard graft can cover.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Additional Skin Graft, Nose/Ears/Eyelids/Lips cost?

$4,565

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,565 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$200$145 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,818 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $13,490Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $120 to $832
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,365professional $200

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$645.65
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,912.51
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$407.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$436.52
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$389.05

Where California sits

The same service costs 16.5 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeCalifornia $4,565 · 4th of 49
NJ $6,075WV $368

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.