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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Delaware 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?

$2,381

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,381 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$234 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,288 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $537 to $14,791Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $229 to $676
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $339

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
$794.33
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$537.03

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 19th of 50

$2,381

$339 physician + $2,042 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.