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Injection Of Cancer Medication Into Multiple Skin Lesions

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 96406

Injection of an anti-cancer medication directly into a number of visible skin tumors or lesions during the same visit. It is used when many separate areas need treatment rather than just one or a few, delivering the medication straight into the affected tissue.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Injection Of Cancer Medication Into Multiple Skin Lesions cost?

$166

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $89.13 to $245.

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 $44 · 10th to 90th $44 to $129Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $60 to $316
$50$100$200$500facility $44professional $166

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
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$151.36
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$194.98
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
$21.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$87.10

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Wisconsin 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· 5th of 51

$166

WI $182DC $52.48

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.