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CoreText or ProText

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, 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 $3,802 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 8 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 $4,169
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$3,090 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $9,120Professionalmedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $21,878
$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $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
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$21,877.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,168.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$21,877.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,677.35
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,128.61
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
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
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 7th 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.