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Skin Substitute Graft, Trunk or Limbs, Large Wound

California rates for HCPCS 15273

Placement of a skin substitute, a manufactured or donor sheet laid over a wound or burn to help it heal, on the trunk, an arm or a leg. This covers the first portion of a wound that spans a large area of skin; in infants and small children the area treated is measured as a share of total body surface.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Skin Substitute Graft, Trunk or Limbs, Large Wound cost?

$4,840

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,840 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$269$200 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,951 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $13,490Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,023
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $269

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
$2,137.96
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$691.83
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,912.51
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$457.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$616.60
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$616.60
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$575.44

Where California sits

The same service costs 14.8 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

California· 9th of 49

$4,840

$269 physician + $4,571 facility

IN $10,257ND $691

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.