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Skin Substitute Graft Application, Smaller Wound Area

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 15271

This procedure applies a skin-substitute graft, a manufactured or processed material used to help a wound heal rather than a patient's own transplanted skin, to a wound on the trunk, arm, or leg. It's used for smaller wound surface areas, and is typically reserved for wounds that haven't healed well with standard wound care alone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Skin Substitute Graft Application, Smaller Wound Area cost?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $5,129 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 5 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$166$107 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,129$3,890 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $8,511Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $83 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $166

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
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Connecticut· 12th of 51

$186

AK $331DC $120

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.