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Skin Substitute Graft, Sensitive Area, Smaller Area

New Mexico 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 New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $575 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$158$112 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$151 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $115 to $3,236Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $91 to $257
$100$1K$10Kfacility $575professional $158

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
$112.20
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
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
$56.23
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.62

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 25th 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.