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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

New Hampshire 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?

$1,648

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,648 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$389$282 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$977 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $692 to $3,090Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $219 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $389

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$912.01
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,090.30
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$891.25
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
1 more rate 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
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 20th of 51

$1,648

$389 physician + $1,259 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.