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Skin Substitute Graft, Trunk or Limbs, Large Wound

Louisiana 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?

$1,980

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,980 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$234 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$933 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $347 to $5,370Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $200 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $282

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
$346.74
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$407.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 38th of 49

$1,980

$282 physician + $1,698 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.