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CoreText or ProText

Iowa rates for HCPCS Q4246

CoreText or ProText, per cc

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does CoreText or ProText cost?

$3,981

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,074 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,074$3,890 to $4,169
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$2,818 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $3,981Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $13,183
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,818professional $4,074

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,073.80
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,168.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,466.84
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Wisconsin than in Minnesota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Iowa $3,981 · 28th of 51
WI $4,169MN $2,188

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.