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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

New Hampshire 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?

$1,009

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,009 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $562 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$447$331 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$562$501 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,630Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $562professional $447

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,071.52
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
1 more rate 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
$186.21
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$309.03

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 23rd of 51

$1,009

$447 physician + $562 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.