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Composite Graft of Skin With Cartilage

Massachusetts 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?

$2,953

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,953 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$741 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$871 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,677Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $631 to $2,188
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,905professional $1,047

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
$645.65
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,238.72
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,479.11
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 37th of 49

$2,953

$1,047 physician + $1,905 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.