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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Nevada 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?

$1,823

Typical total for the visit. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,823 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$309$240 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$525 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $427 to $4,467Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $204 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $309

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$426.58
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
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
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 15th of 51

$1,823

$309 physician + $1,514 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.