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Composite Graft of Skin With Cartilage

Maryland 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?

$871

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $708 to $1,380.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $447 to $6,026Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $661 to $2,188
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $871

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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,621.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in California 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.

Maryland· 38th of 51

$871

CA $2,399WV $741

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.