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Skin Substitute Graft, Sensitive Area, Smaller Area

Kansas 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$162$135 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$562 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $112 to $4,467Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $100 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $162

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
$204.17
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$229.09
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
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.38

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 10th of 51

$214

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.