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PalinGen or PalinGen XPlus

Iowa rates for HCPCS Q4173

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does PalinGen or PalinGen XPlus cost?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $347 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$347$191 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$347 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $324 to $479Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $126 to $490
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $347professional $347

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
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$489.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$489.78
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$134.90
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
4 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
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$34.67

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.9 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.

Iowa· 17th of 51

$347

WY $692NC $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.