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Frames, Purchases

North Carolina rates for HCPCS V2020

Frames, purchases

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Frames, Purchases cost?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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 6 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$75.86$48.98 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$74.13 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $54 to $115Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $34 to $98
$20$50$100$200facility $85professional $76

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$61.66
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$48.98
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in Minnesota than in Rhode Island. 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.

North Carolina· 3rd of 51

$75.86

MN $77.62RI $42.66

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.