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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Iowa 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?

$2,184

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,184 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$562$372 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$776 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $537 to $6,761Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $562

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
$537.03
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$933.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 21st of 50

$2,184

$562 physician + $1,622 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.