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Skin Substitute Graft, Sensitive Area, Smaller Area

Maryland 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$123$91.20 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$145 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $93 to $1,380Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $85 to $229
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $490professional $123

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
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$190.55
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$269.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03
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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.22

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$138

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.