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Artacent AC, 1 mg

North Carolina rates for HCPCS Q4189

Artacent AC, 1 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Artacent AC, 1 mg cost?

$21.38per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$21.38
At a hospital outpatient department
$23.99

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 12% more at a hospital than at a doctor's office.

Drug cost only. Giving the drug, the visit itself and any monitoring are billed on their own codes. We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.

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$21.38$21.38 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$21.38 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $21 to $45Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $21 to $46
$20$50facility $24professional $21

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
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
1 more rate 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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· 24th of 51

$21.38

AK $33.88HI $19.95

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.