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Skin Substitute Graft, Trunk or Limbs, Large Wound

North Carolina 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?

$770

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $770 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $468 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$302$200 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$468$302 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $195 to $7,244Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $186 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $468professional $302

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
$194.98
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 46th of 49

$770

$302 physician + $468 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.