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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 October 2026.

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

$1,356

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,356 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$309$234 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$427 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $269 to $5,754Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $158 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $309

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
$239.88
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$269.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$602.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$660.69
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,659.59
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$524.81

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 14th of 51

$1,356

$309 physician + $1,047 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.