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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Louisiana 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?

$1,830

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,830 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$316$257 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$871 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $380 to $3,890Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $214 to $457
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $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
$363.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$407.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 35th of 50

$1,830

$316 physician + $1,514 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.