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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 July 2026.

How much does PalinGen or PalinGen XPlus cost?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 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 $407 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$347$95.50 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$269 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $141 to $891Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $89 to $407
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $407professional $347

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$181.97
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 1.6 times more in Montana than in Minnesota. 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· 36th of 51

$347

MT $380MN $234

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.