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Composite Graft of Skin With Cartilage

New Mexico 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?

$3,376

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,376 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$977$813 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,000 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $776 to $12,023Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $676 to $3,802
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $977

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
$954.99
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,348.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 27th of 49

$3,376

$977 physician + $2,399 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.