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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Virginia 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?

$1,009

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,009 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$363$275 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$372 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $195 to $3,981Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $245 to $537
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $646professional $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
$371.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
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
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 24th of 51

$1,009

$363 physician + $646 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.