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Extra Area Of Wound Prepared For Grafting

Montana 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?

$300

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $300 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $158 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$141$120 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$158$135 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $132 to $229Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $87 to $204
$100$200$500facility $158professional $141

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
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$181.97
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$223.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$223.87

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 14.3 times more in Oklahoma 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Montana· 48th of 51

$300

$141 physician + $158 facility

OK $3,216KY $225

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.