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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Montana 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?

$987

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $987 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $589 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$398$269 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$589$447 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $437 to $813Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,202
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $589professional $398

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$724.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44

Where Montana 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

Montana· 47th of 50

$987

$398 physician + $589 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.