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WoundEx or BioSkin

South Dakota 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 South Dakota, 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 $182 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$170 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$182 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $182 to $309Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $126 to $234
$50$100$200$500facility $182professional $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
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$812.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$204.17
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
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
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.05

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 13th 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.