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Skin Substitute Graft For A Larger Wound, Sensitive Area

Louisiana 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?

$1,976

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,976 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$316$257 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$933 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $417 to $4,169Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $229 to $447
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $316

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
$389.05
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 39th of 50

$1,976

$316 physician + $1,660 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.