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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

North Carolina 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?

$1,486

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,486 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$389$282 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$389 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $257 to $5,012Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,023
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $389

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
$257.04
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,071.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 38th of 50

$1,486

$389 physician + $1,096 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.