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Wound Dressing Change Under Anesthesia

Alaska rates for HCPCS 15852

A change of dressings and inspection of a wound performed while the patient is under sedation or general anesthesia, typically because the process would otherwise be too painful to tolerate. This applies to wounds other than burns, such as large or complex surgical or traumatic wounds.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Wound Dressing Change Under Anesthesia cost?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $955 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$117 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$229 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $87 to $12,023Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $59 to $229
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $955professional $178

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$158.49
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$229.09
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$131.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in Oklahoma than in New York. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$178

OK $575NY $41.69

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.