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TAG

New York 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 New York, 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 $575 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$525 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$200 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $138 to $759Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $126 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $575professional $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
$144.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$616.60
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$616.60
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58

Where New York 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.

New York· 7th 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.