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WoundEx or BioSkin

South Carolina 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$148$126 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$151 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $145 to $309Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $117 to $191
$100$200$500facility $191professional $148

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
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
10 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
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$148

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.