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Skin Substitute Graft, Sensitive Area, Smaller Area

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$132$105 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$447 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $110 to $3,162Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $89 to $200
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $132

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
$169.82
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$177.83
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$218.78
6 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
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$18.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
58 · Staged procedure
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 26th 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.