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WoundEx or BioSkin

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, 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 $234 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 9 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 $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$155 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $126 to $794Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $126 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $234professional $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
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$467.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$6,918.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$467.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
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
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
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 Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 21st 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.