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Derm-Maxx

Minnesota 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?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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$1,514$209 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$1,514 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $257 to $5,754Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $148 to $2,291
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $1,514

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,290.87
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,606.93
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
9 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
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 9th of 51

$1,514

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.