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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Illinois 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?

$1,648

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,648 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$389$288 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$501 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $245 to $5,370Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $240 to $708
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $389

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
$245.47
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$741.31

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 34th of 50

$1,648

$389 physician + $1,259 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.