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Wound Dressing Change Under Anesthesia

New York 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?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$40.74$35.48 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$977 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $347 to $5,129Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $32 to $79
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $41

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$81.28
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$89.13
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$158.49
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$77.62
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$53.70
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$81.28
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$177.83
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$53.70
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.79
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$35.48

Where New York 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.

New York· 51st of 51

$41.69

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.