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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 October 2026.

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

$951

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $951 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $525 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$427$309 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$525$288 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,950Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $251 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $525professional $427

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
$251.19
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$549.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,513.56
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
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
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 34th of 51

$951

$427 physician + $525 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.