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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 October 2026.

How much does Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting cost?

$912

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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$209 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$501 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,399Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $191 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $617professional $295

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 6.7 times more in Colorado than in West Virginia. 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

Delaware· 47th of 51

$912

$295 physician + $617 facility

CO $4,532WV $678

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.