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Glucose Sensor Removal And Reinsertion

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 0448T

This service combines removal of a previously placed implantable glucose sensor with insertion of a new one, performed in the same session. It is done by a physician or other qualified clinician in an outpatient setting. This differs from a simple removal or a simple insertion performed on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Glucose Sensor Removal And Reinsertion cost?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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 5 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$269$93.33 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$363 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $93 to $7,244Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $93 to $1,950
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $269

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
$93.33
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,162.28
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$17,782.79
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40,738.03
Median
$40,738.03
Typical High
$47,863.01

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 26.9 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.

North Carolina· 42nd of 51

$1,000

CA $5,012MD $186

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.