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Artacent Wound

North Carolina rates for HCPCS Q4169

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Artacent Wound cost?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $145 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$89.13 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$126 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $126 to $269Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $89 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $145professional $117

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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
9 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
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$67.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$47.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$47.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$47.86

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 24.0 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.

North Carolina· 51st of 51

$117

WY $2,818NC $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.