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California rates for HCPCS 0278U

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does HCPCS 0278U cost?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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 9 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$513$427 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$912 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $525 to $3,388Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,230
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $513

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
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,090.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,479.11
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,041.74
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$812.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where California 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.

California· 18th of 51

$603

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.