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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Mississippi 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?

$1,000

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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$324$251 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$490 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,905Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $186 to $537
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $676professional $324

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
$186.21
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 45th of 51

$1,000

$324 physician + $676 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.