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Implanted Pleural Catheter

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A7042

Implanted pleural catheter

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Implanted Pleural Catheter cost?

$178

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $151 to $191.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $151 to $251Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $151 to $191
$200facility $151professional $178

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
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$38.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$26.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$26.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$26.92
4 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in Tennessee than in Massachusetts. 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· 31st of 36

$178

TN $490MA $50.12

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.