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Derm-Maxx

Iowa rates for HCPCS Q4238

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Derm-Maxx cost?

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,445 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,445$191 to $1,738
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$1,445 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,042Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $126 to $2,089
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $1,445

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
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$2,238.72
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,918.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$134.90
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
4 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
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$144.54

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 21.9 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.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$1,445

WY $2,570NC $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.