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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

South Dakota 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?

$1,175

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$288 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$347 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $257 to $4,365Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $200 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $794professional $380

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
$346.74
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$870.96
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,511.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 44th of 50

$1,175

$380 physician + $794 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.