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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Utah 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?

$1,410

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,410 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$363$302 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$380 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $269 to $4,571Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $275 to $501
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $363

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
$288.40
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$407.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
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
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03

Where Utah 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

Utah· 11th of 51

$1,410

$363 physician + $1,047 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.