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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 October 2026.

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

$549

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $549 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $240 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$309$257 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$240$148 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $85 to $646Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $240 to $589
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $240professional $309

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
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$691.83
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$660.69

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 51st of 51

$549

$309 physician + $240 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.