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Skin Substitute Graft, Sensitive Area, Smaller Area

Tennessee 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $955 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$145$107 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$501 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $200 to $2,692Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $81 to $3,715
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $145

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
$128.82
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47
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
$37.15
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.98

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 16th of 51

$186

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.