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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Arizona 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?

$984

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $984 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$339$245 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$309 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $224 to $3,467Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,905
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $646professional $339

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
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
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$251.19

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 28th of 51

$984

$339 physician + $646 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.