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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Massachusetts 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?

$1,958

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,958 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$309 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$372 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $302 to $4,266Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,023
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $479

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
$309.03
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$977.24
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$954.99
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,023.29
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 27th of 50

$1,958

$479 physician + $1,479 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.