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Skin Substitute Graft, Sensitive Area, Smaller Area

Colorado rates for HCPCS 15275

A skin substitute material, made from processed tissue rather than the patient's own skin, is applied over a wound to protect it and support healing, in this case on a sensitive area such as the face, hands, feet, or neck. This version applies to a smaller area of a larger overall wound.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Skin Substitute Graft, Sensitive Area, Smaller Area cost?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$120 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$1,259 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $178 to $8,511Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $100 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $166

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$346.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.22

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.2 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.

Colorado· 13th of 51

$195

AK $407NJ $129

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.