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Skin Substitute Graft For A Larger Wound, Sensitive Area

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$3,901

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,901 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$331 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$832 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $437 to $7,943Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $513

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
$512.86
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$794.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Iowa· 14th of 50

$3,901

$513 physician + $3,388 facility

IN $7,187WV $612

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.