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Skin Substitute Graft, Sensitive Area, Smaller Area

Michigan 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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 8 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$138$110 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$186 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $115 to $4,898Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $83 to $245
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $1,778professional $138

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
$114.82
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$251.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$263.03
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$467.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$234.42

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 27th of 51

$170

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.