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Skin Substitute Graft For A Larger Wound, Sensitive Area

Minnesota 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?

$1,421

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,421 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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$589$389 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$331 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $209 to $3,311Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,122
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $832professional $589

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
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,258.93
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.11

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 38th of 51

$1,421

$589 physician + $832 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.