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Additional Skin Graft, Nose/Ears/Eyelids/Lips

Vermont 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 October 2026.

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

$219

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $182 to $295.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $407 to $501Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $141 to $372
$200$500$1Kfacility $501professional $219

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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· 23rd of 51

$219

AK $617NJ $166

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.