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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 October 2026.

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

$880

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $880 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $263 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$617$457 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$263$263 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $182 to $776Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $380 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $263professional $617

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
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 39th of 51

$880

$617 physician + $263 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.