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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

New Mexico 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?

$984

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $984 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$263 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$363 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $263 to $5,012Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $209 to $631
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $646professional $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
$263.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$489.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84

Where New Mexico 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 feeNew Mexico $984 · 46th 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.