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Surgical Trays

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A4550

Surgical Trays

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Trays cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 8 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$13.80$13.18 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$19.05 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $15 to $48Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $19
$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $14

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
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$37.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$18.62
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$165.96

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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· 32nd of 51

$14.45

AK $21.88HI $11.22

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.