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CoreText or ProText

Louisiana rates for HCPCS Q4246

CoreText or ProText, per cc

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does CoreText or ProText cost?

$4,074

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,074 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 4 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$3,981 to $4,786
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$2,884 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $4,786Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $4,786
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $2,884professional $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
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana $4,074 · 4th 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.