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Skin Substitute Graft For A Larger Wound, Sensitive Area

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 15277

This procedure applies a lab-made or donor-derived skin substitute over an open wound in a sensitive area such as the face, scalp, hands, or feet, to help protect the area and support healing. It's used for a wound that covers a sizeable surface area, larger than what a single small graft would cover. The material acts as a temporary or supportive covering rather than the patient's own skin.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Skin Substitute Graft For A Larger Wound, Sensitive Area cost?

$4,039

Typical total for the visit. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,039 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$245 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,291 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $933 to $13,804Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $191 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $324

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
$3,467.37
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$17,782.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$575.44
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
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
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$41.69

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Michigan than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Connecticut· 4th of 51

$4,039

$324 physician + $3,715 facility

MI $4,783MT $790

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.