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Preparing a Wound Site for Skin Grafting

Virginia 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?

$1,673

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,673 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$355$251 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$372 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $251 to $7,079Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $214 to $617
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $355

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
$316.23
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 39th of 50

$1,673

$355 physician + $1,318 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.