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Composite Graft of Skin With Cartilage

South Dakota 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?

$2,350

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,350 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$776 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$977 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $776 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,995
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $1,148

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
$707.95
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 43rd of 49

$2,350

$1,148 physician + $1,202 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.