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PalinGen or PalinGen XPlus

North Carolina 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?

$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 $148 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$148$132 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $126 to $407Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $89 to $407
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $148professional $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
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
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
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$954.99
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
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$102.33

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 51st of 51

$117

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.