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Cervical Collar, Multiple Post, Adjustable Cervical Bars

North Carolina rates for HCPCS L0190

Cervical, multiple post collar, occipital/mandibular supports, adjustable cervical bars (SOMI, Guilford, Taylor types)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cervical Collar, Multiple Post, Adjustable Cervical Bars cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $417 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$490$372 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$355 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $178 to $550Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $295 to $550
$200$500$1Kfacility $417professional $490

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
14 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
$158.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$645.65

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Hawaii 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· 17th of 51

$490

HI $871DC $302

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.