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TAG

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS Q4261

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does TAG cost?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $692 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 8 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$617$589 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$617 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,318Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $126 to $617
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $692professional $617

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
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,621.81
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$151.36
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,621.81
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$616.60

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in North 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.

Massachusetts· 2nd of 51

$617

ND $646MN $148

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.