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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Texas 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?

$2,653

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,653 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$224 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$955 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $347 to $6,310Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $191 to $550
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,344professional $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
$562.34
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$588.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$426.58
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,318.26
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$28,840.32
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
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$181.97
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78

Where Texas 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 feeTexas $2,653 · 21st 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.