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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Maine 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?

$815

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $815 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $398 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$417$324 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$398$324 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $214 to $708Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $245 to $741
$200$500$1Kfacility $398professional $417

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88

Where Maine 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

Maine· 43rd of 51

$815

$417 physician + $398 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.