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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Kansas 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?

$3,479

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,479 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$229 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,175 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $363 to $7,413Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $195 to $490
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,162professional $316

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
$389.05
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 11.1 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeKansas $3,479 · 14th of 50
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.