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Skin Substitute Graft For A Larger Wound, Sensitive Area

Massachusetts 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?

$1,110

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,110 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$309 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$295 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $219 to $3,388Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,096
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $631professional $479

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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,630.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$812.83
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,630.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$933.25
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$691.83
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$281.84
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
$83.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 47th of 51

$1,110

$479 physician + $631 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.