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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Utah 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?

$3,493

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,493 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$224 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,660 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $347 to $6,026Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $195 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $331

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
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$602.56
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,495.41
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$524.81
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78

Where Utah 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

Utah· 13th of 50

$3,493

$331 physician + $3,162 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.