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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

North Dakota 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?

$914

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $914 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$363 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$389$263 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $245 to $2,512Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $245 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $389professional $525

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
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 48th of 50

$914

$525 physician + $389 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.