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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Minnesota 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?

$1,647

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,647 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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$692$447 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$389 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $251 to $3,890Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $692

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
$251.19
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$288.40

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 8th of 51

$1,647

$692 physician + $955 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.