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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Montana 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?

$914

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $914 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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$339$224 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$380 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,570Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $200 to $603
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $575professional $339

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
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 11.1 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeMontana $914 · 47th of 50
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.