$738.77–$786.98
Both describe tissue-cultured allograft application, but 15150 is for the trunk, arms, or legs; 15155 is for the face, scalp, neck, hands, feet, or genitalia.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
15155 Cultured allograft Medicare reimbursement rates in Georgia
Reports application of a tissue-cultured allograft to the face, scalp, neck, hands, feet, or genitalia for the initial treated area. Compare 15155 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Georgia.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 15155 in Georgia?
Georgia has 2 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 2 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$810.77–$868.97
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
Facility setting
$640.05–$674.52
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Skin grafting
About 15155: Tissue-cultured allograft, special sites
Reports application of a tissue-cultured allograft to the face, scalp, neck, hands, feet, or genitalia for the initial treated area.
This service covers placing a tissue-cultured allograft over a prepared wound on the face, scalp, neck, hands, feet, or genitalia. It is used in wound reconstruction, including burn care, when cultured donor skin is selected for coverage. A surgeon or other qualified clinician performs the graft application, commonly in an operating room for extensive or complex wounds.
Select this code for the specified recipient sites and the initial treated area; the site and measured area, rather than the donor source alone, distinguish it from other graft codes. For infants and children, the area measure may be expressed as a percentage of body surface area. Document the recipient site, wound area, graft type, and application performed. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50%. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this descriptor and anatomy. Assistant-at-surgery payment is statutorily restricted; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 15155
- Global period
- Major surgery with a 90-day global period: the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included.
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral adjustment does not apply; the descriptor or anatomy makes modifier 50 inappropriate.
- Assistant at surgery
- Statutory restriction: assistant at surgery is not paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons not permitted.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU9.89 · 39%
- Practice expense (office) RVU13.68 · 54%
- Malpractice RVU1.83 · 7%
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This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.
15155 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Georgia, from the same CMS release.
$828.39–$883.58
This code is for tissue-cultured allograft at the special sites. Code 15115 describes epidermal allograft application at those sites.
$831.74–$893.86
Use 15120 for split-thickness autograft application at the special sites; 15155 identifies a tissue-cultured allograft.
$859.04–$921.19
Code 15135 describes dermal autograft application at the special sites, rather than tissue-cultured allograft application.
Compare 15155 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
2 of 2 payment localities
Atlanta →
Office / nonfacility
$868.97
Facility
$674.52
Rest Of Georgia →
Office / nonfacility
$810.77
Facility
$640.05
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15155 billing questions
How is this code distinguished from 15150?
The recipient site is the key distinction: 15155 is for the face, scalp, neck, hands, feet, or genitalia. Code 15150 is for the trunk, arms, or legs.
What area should the record support?
Document the treated wound area and recipient site. For an infant or child, document the relevant body-surface-area measure when using that basis.
Is this the code for any skin substitute graft?
No. This code identifies a tissue-cultured allograft at the specified sites. Other graft codes distinguish different graft types or recipient-site groups.
What postoperative care is included?
The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.
How are other same-session procedures paid?
Under the standard multiple procedure reduction, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are paid at 50% when performed in the same session.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
Assistant-at-surgery payment is subject to a statutory restriction. Co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted for this code.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
1,49815150,,Tis cltr skn agrft t/a/l 1st,A,,9.16,11.24,,6.86,,2.46,22.86,18.48,0,090,0.10,0.71,0.19,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
1,49915151,,Tis cltr skn agrft t/a/l add,A,,1.95,1.30,,0.47,,0.50,3.75,2.92,0,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
1,50015152,,Tis cltr skn agrft t/a/l ea,A,,2.44,1.54,,0.59,,0.64,4.62,3.67,0,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
1,50115155,,Tis cltr agrft f/s/n/h/f/g 1,A,,9.89,13.68,,7.95,,1.83,25.40,19.67,0,090,0.10,0.71,0.19,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
1,50215156,,Tis clt agrft f/s/n/h/f/g ad,A,,2.68,1.66,,0.65,,0.71,5.05,4.04,0,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,1,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
1,50315157,,Tis clt agrft f/s/n/h/f/g ea,A,,2.93,1.94,,0.71,,0.79,5.66,4.43,0,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,1,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
1,50415200,,Fth/gft fr trnk 20 sq cm/<,A,,8.92,15.80,,7.70,,1.50,26.22,18.12,0,090,0.10,0.71,0.19,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00