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Chemotherapy Injected Directly Into Skin Lesions

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 96405

This service delivers chemotherapy medication by injecting it directly into skin lesions, such as certain skin cancers, rather than into a vein or muscle. It applies when a smaller number of lesions are treated in the same visit, as opposed to a larger number treated under a related, higher-volume service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Chemotherapy Injected Directly Into Skin Lesions cost?

$123

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $60.26 to $200.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $28 to $81Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $40 to $257
$50$100$200$500facility $28professional $123

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
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$93.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$151.36
5 more rates 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$61.66

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in North Carolina than in Washington, DC. 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· 1st of 51

$123

NC $123DC $33.88

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.