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CoreText or ProText

Minnesota rates for HCPCS Q4246

CoreText or ProText, per cc

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does CoreText or ProText cost?

$3,802

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,388 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,388$2,754 to $4,169
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$3,890 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $257 to $9,550Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $126 to $4,786
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $3,388

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
$3,981.07
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,964.78
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,165.95
9 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 43rd of 51

$3,802

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.