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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Indiana 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?

$2,476

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,476 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$288$234 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$646 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $447 to $8,128Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $186 to $447
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $288

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
$199.53
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$407.38
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,090.30
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 9th of 51

$2,476

$288 physician + $2,188 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.