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WoundEx or BioSkin

Kentucky rates for HCPCS Q4163

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does WoundEx or BioSkin cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 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 $200 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$126 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$182 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $158 to $214Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $126 to $182
$200$500facility $200professional $182

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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$288.40
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$616.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
5 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
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Wyoming 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.

Kentucky· 12th of 51

$182

WY $427NC $117

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.