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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

New Jersey 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?

$5,149

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,149 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$363$245 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$2,630 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $501 to $9,772Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $224 to $2,042
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $363

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
$501.19
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$741.31
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$660.69
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,818.38
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$645.65

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 3rd of 50

$5,149

$363 physician + $4,786 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.