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Preparing An Additional Area Of Wound Bed

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 15003

Prepares a further area of a wound on the trunk, arm, or leg to receive a graft or flap, by cutting away dead tissue, burn crust, or scar until healthy, bleeding tissue is exposed. A clean, living wound bed is what allows a graft to take. It is billed in addition to the main procedure when the area needing preparation is larger than the first area treated.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Preparing An Additional Area Of Wound Bed cost?

$191

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $107 to $398.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $46 to $550
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $191

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
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 74.1 times more in New Jersey than in North Dakota. 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.

Minnesota· 37th of 49

$191

NJ $4,898ND $66.07

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.