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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 October 2026.

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

$788

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $788 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $407 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$380$275 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$407$275 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,413Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $251 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $407professional $380

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$407.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,047.13
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$912.01
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
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42

Where West 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

West Virginia· 47th of 51

$788

$380 physician + $407 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.