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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Indiana 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?

$1,522

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,522 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$347$282 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$479 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $269 to $5,129Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $219 to $537
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $347

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
$234.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,165.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,995.26
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
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
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 9th of 51

$1,522

$347 physician + $1,175 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.