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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 July 2026.

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

$2,010

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,010 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$468 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$912 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,020Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $692

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
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,019.95
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 9.4 times more in California 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· 25th of 50

$2,010

$692 physician + $1,318 facility

CA $6,022MD $642

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.