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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Arkansas 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?

$952

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $952 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $589 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$363$282 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$589$224 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $105 to $912Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $257 to $537
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $363

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
$295.12
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60
1 more rate 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 33rd of 51

$952

$363 physician + $589 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.