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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 October 2026.

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

$1,762

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,762 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$316$251 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$417 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,479Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $234 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,445professional $316

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
$251.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$275.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in New York 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· 7th of 51

$1,762

$316 physician + $1,445 facility

NY $3,002MD $549

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.