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Surgical Mask

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A4928

Surgical mask, per 20

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgical Mask cost?

$9.12

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $9.12 to $9.12.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $10
$2$5$10facility $1professional $9

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
$1.26
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.26
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.32
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40
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
$0.63
Median
$0.63
Typical High
$0.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.25
Median
$0.25
Typical High
$0.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.19
Median
$0.19
Typical High
$0.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.13
Median
$0.13
Typical High
$0.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 316.2 times more in Montana than in Arkansas. 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· 22nd of 51

$9.12

MT $79.43AR $0.25

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.