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MLG-Complete

Iowa rates for HCPCS Q4256

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does MLG-Complete cost?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $741 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$741$741 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$741 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $741 to $871Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $126 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $741professional $741

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,202.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,511.89
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in South Dakota than in Minnesota. 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.

Iowa· 48th of 51

$741

SD $813MN $257

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.