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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Missouri 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 October 2026.

How much does Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting cost?

$1,823

Typical total for the visit. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,823 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$234 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$646 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $427 to $5,495Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $204 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $309

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
58 · Staged procedure
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 6.7 times more in Colorado than in West Virginia. 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

Missouri· 16th of 51

$1,823

$309 physician + $1,514 facility

CO $4,532WV $678

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.