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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 October 2026.

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

$796

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $796 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $389 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$407$339 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$389$251 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,096Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $257 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $389professional $407

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
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$741.31
7 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
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$128.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 44th of 51

$796

$407 physician + $389 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.