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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 October 2026.

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

$1,379

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,379 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$603$457 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$537 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,951Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $776professional $603

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
$537.03
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$977.24
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
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
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 51

$1,379

$603 physician + $776 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.