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Vim

Minnesota rates for HCPCS Q4251

Vim, per sq cm (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Vim cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $251 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$182$148 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$182 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $182 to $490Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $126 to $234
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $251professional $182

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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
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
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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· 4th of 51

$182

AK $245KY $102

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.