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Composite Graft of Skin With Cartilage

North Carolina 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?

$2,101

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,101 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$813$692 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$832 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $676 to $6,918Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $661 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $813

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
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,548.82
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 46th of 49

$2,101

$813 physician + $1,288 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.