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Extra Area Of Wound Prepared For Grafting

Maryland rates for HCPCS 15005

Covers each further area prepared beyond the first when a wound of the face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, genitals, hands or feet is cleaned back to healthy tissue so a graft or flap can take. Dead tissue, burn crust or scar is cut away, and tight bands of scar may be released. It is billed in addition to the first area prepared.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Extra Area Of Wound Prepared For Grafting cost?

$105

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $89.13 to $138.

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 $209 · 10th to 90th $72 to $661Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $83 to $186
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $209professional $100

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$89.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$229.09
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$204.17

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Maryland· 46th of 51

$105

AK $363KY $89.13

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.