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Composite Graft of Skin With Cartilage

Iowa 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?

$4,591

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,591 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$1,202$955 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,862 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $692 to $4,365
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $1,202

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 49

$4,591

$1,202 physician + $3,388 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.