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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Arizona 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?

$2,764

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,764 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$309$224 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,413 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $631 to $6,457Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $200 to $776
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $309

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
$724.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$794.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 11.1 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. 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

Arizona· 20th of 50

$2,764

$309 physician + $2,455 facility

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.