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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 July 2026.

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

$3,291

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,291 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$407$316 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$977 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $407 to $4,786Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $407

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
$407.38
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$691.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,819.70
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34

Where Utah 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

Utah· 8th of 50

$3,291

$407 physician + $2,884 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.