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WoundEx or BioSkin

Minnesota 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $288 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 6 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$126$115 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$234 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $182 to $589Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $105 to $191
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $288professional $126

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
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$275.42

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 50th of 51

$145

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.