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Relese

Minnesota rates for HCPCS Q4257

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Relese cost?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $955 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$501$209 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$676 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,585Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $148 to $955
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $955professional $501

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
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,630.78
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
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 12.0 times more in Wyoming than in North 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· 23rd of 51

$501

WY $1,413NC $117

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.