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Skin Substitute Graft For A Larger Wound, Sensitive Area

Utah 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?

$3,193

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,193 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$309$269 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$490 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $229 to $4,786Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $229 to $437
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $309

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
$229.09
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$371.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
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
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.88

Where Utah 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

Utah· 8th of 51

$3,193

$309 physician + $2,884 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.