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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Michigan 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?

$2,297

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,297 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$302$245 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$407 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $269 to $6,166Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $191 to $447
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $302

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
$263.03
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,071.52
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 24th of 50

$2,297

$302 physician + $1,995 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.