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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 October 2026.

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

$920

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $920 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $513 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$407$331 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$513$347 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $214 to $2,754Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $257 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $513professional $407

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
$288.40
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,071.52
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
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
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$275.42

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 36th of 51

$920

$407 physician + $513 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.