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Skin Substitute Graft For A Larger Wound, Sensitive Area

South 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?

$1,283

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,283 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$398 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$363 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,698Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $288 to $912
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $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
$338.84
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
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
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.88

Where South 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

South Dakota· 42nd of 51

$1,283

$525 physician + $759 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.