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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Colorado 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?

$2,717

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,717 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$427$331 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$631 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $316 to $5,370Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $275 to $741
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $427

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
$398.11
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$870.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
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
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$2,717

$427 physician + $2,291 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.