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Alaska rates for HCPCS 0278U

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does HCPCS 0278U cost?

$1,380

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$1,230$427 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$603 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $603 to $4,786Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,950
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $1,230

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,454.71
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.8 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$1,380

AK $1,380WY $363

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.