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Wound Bed Preparation, Face/Hands/Feet

West 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 July 2026.

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

$3,223

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,223 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$251 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$372 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $251 to $8,710Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $234 to $525
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $339

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
$251.19
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,949.84
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 10th of 50

$3,223

$339 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.