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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 July 2026.

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

$1,520

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,520 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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$372$302 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$646 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,715Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $263 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $372

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
$436.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 36th of 50

$1,520

$372 physician + $1,148 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.