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Composite Graft of Skin With Cartilage

Alaska rates for HCPCS 15760

A small piece of tissue containing more than one layer, skin together with the cartilage beneath it and often taken from the ear, is moved to rebuild a small defect such as the rim of a nostril. The place the tissue came from is stitched closed during the same operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Composite Graft of Skin With Cartilage cost?

$4,477

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,477 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,239 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$2,239$1,622 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$977 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $617 to $9,772Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $708 to $3,467
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $2,239

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,691.53
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,897.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,818.38
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,630.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,897.79
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Alaska· 17th of 49

$4,477

$2,239 physician + $2,239 facility

IN $7,485WV $1,518

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.