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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 October 2026.

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

$984

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $984 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $537 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$447$339 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$537$309 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $145 to $6,310Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $234 to $933
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $537professional $447

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
$512.86
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,884.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 29th of 51

$984

$447 physician + $537 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.