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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Connecticut 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?

$5,685

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,685 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$437$288 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$3,890 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $8,511Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,288
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $437

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
$870.96
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$741.31
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$660.69

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 2nd of 50

$5,685

$437 physician + $5,248 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.