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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Alaska rates for HCPCS 15002

In this procedure, a doctor surgically prepares an area of skin loss, burn, or scar tissue on the trunk, arms, or legs so it is ready to receive a skin graft. This typically involves removing damaged or non-healing tissue to create a clean, healthy surface for the graft to attach to.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting cost?

$1,935

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,935 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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$490 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$355 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $302 to $15,849Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,380
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,122professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,848.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.1 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $1,935 · 33rd of 50
NJ $6,197MD $558

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.