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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Minnesota 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?

$1,988

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,988 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$575$398 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$933 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $339 to $5,370Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $575

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
$204.17
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,311.31
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
$457.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 32nd of 50

$1,988

$575 physician + $1,413 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.