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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Delaware 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?

$604

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $604 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $309 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$200 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$309$204 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $191 to $3,236Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $191 to $562
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $309professional $295

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
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63

Where Delaware 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 feeDelaware $604 · 49th 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.