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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 October 2026.

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

$980

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $980 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $363 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$617$457 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$363$224 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $126 to $912Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,072
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $363professional $617

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
$263.03
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
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
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 30th of 51

$980

$617 physician + $363 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.