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CoreText or ProText

Louisiana rates for HCPCS Q4246

CoreText or ProText, per cc

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does CoreText or ProText cost?

$4,169

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,169 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,169 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,169$4,074 to $4,786
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$2,884 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $2,884Professionalmedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $4,786
$5Kfacility $2,884professional $4,169

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
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Alaska than in South 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.

Louisiana· 6th of 51

$4,169

AK $6,457SC $2,951

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.