$709.60–$745.69
15150 reports the initial cultured graft area on the trunk, arms, or legs. Use 15151 only for additional area beyond that initial amount.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
15151 Cultured skin graft Medicare reimbursement rates in Missouri
Reports additional trunk, arm, or leg area covered with cultured autologous skin beyond the initial area reported with the primary graft code. Compare 15151 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Missouri.
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 15151 in Missouri?
Missouri has 3 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 3 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$118.83–$123.20
3 of 3 localities have a supported rate.
Facility setting
$94.93–$96.81
3 of 3 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.
Where 15151 pays more and less in Missouri
3 payment localities
$118.83 to $123.20
Skin grafting
About 15151: Additional cultured skin graft area
Reports additional trunk, arm, or leg area covered with cultured autologous skin beyond the initial area reported with the primary graft code.
Code 15151 captures additional treated area when cultured autologous skin is used to cover a burn or another large skin defect on the trunk, arms, or legs. The graft is prepared by expanding cells from the patient’s own skin sample and then applying the cultured tissue to the wound, typically in burn or reconstructive surgery by a burn or plastic surgeon.
Report 15151 only with 15150, the primary code for the initial treated area. Each unit represents an additional 100 sq cm or part thereof; for infants and children, the corresponding additional-area measure is each 1% of body surface area and is reported with 15152. Document the graft type, body site, total area treated, and the additional area supporting the units billed. Medicare pays this add-on within the primary procedure’s global period.
CMS billing rules for 15151
- Global period
- Add-on code: billed only together with a primary procedure and paid within that procedure's global period.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU1.95 · 52%
- Practice expense (office) RVU1.30 · 35%
- Malpractice RVU0.50 · 13%
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.
15151 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Missouri, from the same CMS release.
$146.66–$151.89
15152 reports additional area in 1% body-surface increments for infants and children; 15151 reports additional 100 sq cm increments or part thereof.
$160.41–$166.06
15156 reports additional cultured graft area at the face, scalp, neck, hands, feet, or genitalia. Code 15151 is for the trunk, arms, or legs.
$182.78–$195.07
15101 reports additional area treated with a split-thickness skin graft. Code 15151 is for additional area treated with cultured autologous skin.
Compare 15151 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.
3 of 3 payment localities
Metropolitan Kansas City →
Office / nonfacility
$122.22
Facility
$96.19
Metropolitan St. Louis →
Office / nonfacility
$123.20
Facility
$96.81
Rest Of Missouri →
Office / nonfacility
$118.83
Facility
$94.93
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15151 billing questions
Can 15151 be reported without 15150?
No. It is an add-on code and must be reported with 15150 for the initial cultured skin graft area on the trunk, arms, or legs.
How is the number of units determined?
Report one unit for each additional 100 sq cm or part thereof beyond the initial area. For infants and children measured by body surface area, use 15152 for each additional 1% instead.
When should 15152 be used instead?
Use 15152 for additional cultured skin graft area on the trunk, arms, or legs when the area is measured in 1% increments of an infant’s or child’s body surface area. Code 15151 represents additional 100 sq cm increments.
Does 15151 have its own global period?
Medicare pays this add-on within the global period of the primary procedure, 15150.
What documentation supports the units?
Record the cultured autologous graft, treated body site, total area covered, and the additional area beyond the initial area. The measured area should support each unit billed.
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.
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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
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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