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Derm-Maxx

North Carolina 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?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $145 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$117$89.13 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$126 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $126 to $269Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $89 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $145professional $117

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
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$562.34

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 51st of 51

$117

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.