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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

New Jersey 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?

$6,197

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,197 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$200 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$3,981 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $617 to $10,233Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,148
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $309

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
$602.56
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$562.34

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 1st of 50

$6,197

$309 physician + $5,888 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.