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Composite Graft of Skin With Cartilage

South 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?

$6,061

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,061 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$724 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$1,000 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $759 to $12,589Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,349
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $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
$758.58
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where South 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

South Carolina· 5th of 49

$6,061

$813 physician + $5,248 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.