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Skin Substitute Graft For A Larger Wound, Sensitive Area

South 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?

$1,202

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$331$245 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$708 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $525 to $3,467Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $209 to $457
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $331

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
$245.47
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$537.03
6 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
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$37.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$489.78

Where South 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

South Carolina· 44th of 51

$1,202

$331 physician + $871 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.