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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Louisiana 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?

$756

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $756 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$288 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$309 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,514Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $245 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $417professional $339

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
$398.11
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 48th of 51

$756

$339 physician + $417 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.