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Cygnus

South 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?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In South 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 $224 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$117$100 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$145 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $42 to $309Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $42 to $148
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $224professional $117

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
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
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
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
$19.95
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.89

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 32nd of 51

$117

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.