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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Illinois 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?

$1,924

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,924 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$257 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$631 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $324 to $6,026Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $204 to $631
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $339

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
$275.42
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$575.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,288.25
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 34th of 50

$1,924

$339 physician + $1,585 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.