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CoreText or ProText

South Dakota 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 South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,981 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,981$3,548 to $4,169
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$2,818 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $7,413Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $4,571
$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $3,981

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
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$16,982.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,570.88
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
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
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$478.63

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 44th 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.