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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Kansas 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?

$1,385

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,385 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$407$347 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$407 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $282 to $3,236Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $275 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $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
$575.44
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$407.38
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
$169.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 12th of 51

$1,385

$407 physician + $977 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.