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Skin Substitute Graft, Sensitive Area, Smaller Area

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 7 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$200$126 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$347 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $186 to $6,761Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $85 to $501
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $200

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
$190.55
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$371.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Vermont. 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$219

AK $363VT $112

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.