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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Alabama rates for HCPCS 15004

This procedure prepares a wound on the face, hands, feet, or genital area to receive a skin graft or wound covering by surgically cleaning and removing damaged tissue from the wound bed. It creates a healthy surface that will allow a subsequent graft to attach and heal properly.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet cost?

$1,583

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,583 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$324$251 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$646 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $324 to $2,188Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $224 to $468
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $324

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$467.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 9.4 times more in California than in Maryland. 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

Alabama· 35th of 50

$1,583

$324 physician + $1,259 facility

CA $6,022MD $642

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.