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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Colorado 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?

$5,214

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,214 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$219 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,090 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $347 to $9,333Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $195 to $741
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,898professional $316

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
$346.74
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,698.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$794.33
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65

Where Colorado 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 feeColorado $5,214 · 4th 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.