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FlowerDerm

Minnesota rates for HCPCS Q4179

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does FlowerDerm cost?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $302 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$186$148 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$275 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $229 to $550Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $126 to $302
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $302professional $186

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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in North Dakota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$186

ND $224NC $95.50

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.