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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Michigan 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?

$796

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $796 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$309 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$398$316 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,175Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $219 to $562
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $398professional $398

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
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$346.74
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 46th of 51

$796

$398 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.