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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

South Carolina 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?

$1,167

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,167 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$316$282 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$589 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,950Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $240 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $316

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
$281.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
6 more rates 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
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 19th of 51

$1,167

$316 physician + $851 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.