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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

Vermont 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?

$407

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $302 to $447.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $269 to $562
$500$1Kprofessional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$912.01
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. 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.

Vermont· 38th of 51

$407

AK $891WV $339

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.