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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

South Dakota 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?

$1,092

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,092 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$331 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$398 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $309 to $3,090Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $603professional $490

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
$398.11
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,412.54
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,884.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 44th of 50

$1,092

$490 physician + $603 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.