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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Nebraska 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?

$4,152

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,152 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$437$224 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,630 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $575 to $13,490Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $191 to $851
$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $437

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
$2,344.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,511.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 8th of 50

$4,152

$437 physician + $3,715 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.