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Portable X-ray Equipment Setup

North Carolina rates for HCPCS Q0092

Set-up portable x-ray equipment

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Portable X-ray Equipment Setup cost?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $25.12 to $46.77.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $22 to $22Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $21 to $65
$10$20$50facility $22professional $32

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
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$28.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$60.26
9 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
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.45
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$12.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$8.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$8.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$8.91

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Wyoming than in Kentucky. 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· 18th of 51

$31.62

WY $75.86KY $18.62

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.