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Skin Substitute Graft For A Larger Wound, Sensitive Area

Kentucky 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?

$1,612

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,612 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$263$204 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$468 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $214 to $3,890Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $182 to $427
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $263

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
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$31.62

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 32nd of 51

$1,612

$263 physician + $1,349 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.