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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Iowa 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?

$3,867

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,867 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$479$309 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$955 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,761Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,514
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $479

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
$512.86
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,584.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$812.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 9th of 50

$3,867

$479 physician + $3,388 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.