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Composite Graft of Skin With Cartilage

Minnesota 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?

$4,517

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,517 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$1,698$1,288 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,738 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $832 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $871 to $3,020
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $1,698

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
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$30,199.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,630.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 16th of 49

$4,517

$1,698 physician + $2,818 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.