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Skin Substitute Graft For A Larger Wound, Sensitive Area

New Jersey 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?

$2,389

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,389 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$251$195 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,230 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $331 to $6,918Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $138 to $490
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $251

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
$194.98
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$489.78
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$588.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$446.68
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
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$27.54

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 13th of 51

$2,389

$251 physician + $2,138 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.