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Cygnus

North Carolina rates for HCPCS Q4170

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cygnus cost?

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 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$89.13$89.13 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$126 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $45 to $245Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $45 to $126
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $145professional $89

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
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$97.72
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
$44.67
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$19.50
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$128.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$51.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$35.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$35.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$35.48

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 25.1 times more in Wyoming than in Kentucky. 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· 38th of 51

$89.13

WY $977KY $38.90

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.