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North Carolina rates for HCPCS 0231U

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does HCPCS 0231U cost?

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $813 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$676$676 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$676 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,905Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,349
$500$1K$2Kfacility $813professional $676

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
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Wyoming. 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.

North Carolina· 31st of 51

$692

AK $1,905WY $513

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.