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Skin Substitute Graft For A Larger Wound, Sensitive Area

Virginia 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?

$2,259

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,259 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$234 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$646 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $295 to $6,026Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $204 to $447
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $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
$257.04
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,011.87
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$524.81
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
$134.90
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$37.15

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 16th of 51

$2,259

$309 physician + $1,950 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.