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Solid Skin Barrier, 6x6 or Equivalent

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A5121

Skin barrier; solid, 6 x 6 or equivalent, each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Solid Skin Barrier, 6x6 or Equivalent cost?

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $9.12 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 6 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$7.94$6.31 to $9.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.12$6.76 to $11.75

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $18Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $9
$5$10$20$50facility $9professional $8

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
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.94
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$7.41
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$66.07

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Hawaii than in Colorado. 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· 13th of 51

$7.94

HI $12.88CO $4.47

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.