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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Kentucky 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?

$2,232

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,232 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$282$219 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,072 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $347 to $3,020Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $186 to $525
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $282

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
$208.93
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 25th of 50

$2,232

$282 physician + $1,950 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.