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Derm-Maxx

South Dakota 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?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 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$1,738$1,445 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$1,445 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $2,884Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $126 to $2,239
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $1,738

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
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$204.17
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
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
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$151.36

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 4th of 51

$1,738

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.