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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Florida 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?

$955

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$263$204 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$389 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $245 to $5,623Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $166 to $447
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $692professional $263

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$223.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$371.54
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$5,495.41
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$457.09
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
58 · Staged procedure
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$138.04

Where Florida 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

Florida· 46th of 51

$955

$263 physician + $692 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.