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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

New Mexico 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?

$1,407

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,407 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$407$309 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$447 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $324 to $2,512Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,549
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $407

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
$363.08
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$549.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 40th of 50

$1,407

$407 physician + $1,000 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.