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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Tennessee 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?

$2,136

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,136 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$316$240 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$832 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $355 to $4,074Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $191 to $631
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,820professional $316

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
$281.84
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$645.65
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where Tennessee 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 feeTennessee $2,136 · 28th 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.