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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Maryland 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?

$407

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $257 to $724.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $48 to $3,715Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,047
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $234professional $407

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
$47.86
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$691.83
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. 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.

Maryland· 39th of 51

$407

AK $891WV $339

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.