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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Nebraska 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?

$2,894

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,894 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$550$363 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$692 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $537 to $12,023Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,549
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,344professional $550

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
$537.03
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,737.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,884.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 13th of 50

$2,894

$550 physician + $2,344 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.