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Skin Substitute Graft For A Larger Wound, Sensitive Area

North Carolina 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?

$1,427

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,427 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$380$288 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$479 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,548Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $224 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $380

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
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$602.56
7 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
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 37th of 51

$1,427

$380 physician + $1,047 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.