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WoundEx or BioSkin

Iowa rates for HCPCS Q4163

WoundEx, BioSkin, per sq cm (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does WoundEx or BioSkin cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $182 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 7 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$182$182 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$182 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $182 to $245Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $126 to $759
$200$500facility $182professional $182

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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$363.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$234.42
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in Alaska than in North Carolina. 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$182

AK $229NC $126

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.