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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Alabama 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?

$1,761

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,761 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$209 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$776 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $316 to $2,455Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $191 to $398
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,479professional $282

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
$208.93
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54

Where Alabama 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 feeAlabama $1,761 · 37th 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.