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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Tennessee 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?

$1,993

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,993 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$372$302 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$813 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $407 to $4,074Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $224 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,622professional $372

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
$426.58
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 26th of 50

$1,993

$372 physician + $1,622 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.