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Surgical Wound Cleaning Down To Bone

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 11044

This procedure removes dead, damaged, or infected tissue from a wound, cutting down through the skin, underlying tissue, and muscle to reach and clean the bone underneath. It is used for deep or severe wounds, such as advanced pressure sores or infected surgical wounds, to promote healing.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgical Wound Cleaning Down To Bone cost?

$1,452

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,452 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$288 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$631 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $468 to $6,607Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $200 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,072professional $380

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
$436.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 6.4 times more in Colorado than in West Virginia. 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

Nebraska· 21st of 51

$1,452

$380 physician + $1,072 facility

CO $4,078WV $633

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.