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Composite Graft of Skin With Cartilage

Virginia 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?

$3,270

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,270 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$741 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$933 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $724 to $7,079Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $871

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
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,445.44
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 29th of 49

$3,270

$871 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.