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carePATCH

Minnesota rates for HCPCS Q4236

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does carePATCH cost?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $759 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$468$209 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$468 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,549Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $141 to $631
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $468

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
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,778.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,691.53
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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 10.0 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.

Minnesota· 11th of 51

$468

WY $1,175NC $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.