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Skin Substitute Graft For A Larger Wound, Sensitive Area

North Dakota 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?

$864

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $864 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $339 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$389 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$339$224 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,202Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $331 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $339professional $525

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
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
4 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
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.88

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 50th of 51

$864

$525 physician + $339 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.