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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 October 2026.

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

$2,387

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,387 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$525$389 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$708 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $513 to $5,495Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $309 to $955
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $525

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
$512.86
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
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
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$51.29

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 14th of 51

$2,387

$525 physician + $1,862 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.