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Grafix Core and GrafixPL Core

North Carolina rates for HCPCS Q4132

Grafix Core and GrafixPL Core, per sq cm (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Grafix Core and GrafixPL Core cost?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $191 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$107$89.13 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$151 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $141 to $339Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $89 to $339
$100$200$500facility $191professional $107

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
$75.86
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
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
$53.70
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$67.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$46.77
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$46.77
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$46.77

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in Wyoming than in Montana. 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· 42nd of 51

$112

WY $479MT $79.43

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.