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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Georgia 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?

$2,797

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,797 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$398$288 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,175 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $479 to $5,370Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $229 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $398

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
$426.58
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$812.83

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 16th of 50

$2,797

$398 physician + $2,399 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.