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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 July 2026.

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

$3,674

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,674 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$363$263 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,905 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $398 to $6,607Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $234 to $912
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $363

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
$398.11
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,258.93
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$870.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 6th of 50

$3,674

$363 physician + $3,311 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.