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Skin Substitute Graft, Sensitive Area, Smaller Area

Illinois 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $813 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$155$123 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$191 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $141 to $3,236Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $95 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $155

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
$107.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$208.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
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
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.45

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 27th of 51

$166

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.