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Small-Volume Filler Injection Under the Skin

Iowa rates for HCPCS 11950

Injects a filling material just beneath the skin to smooth a depression, scar, or contour dip, or to restore lost volume. It covers the smallest amount of material, roughly a cubic centimeter or less in a session. The effect softens over time as the material is absorbed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Small-Volume Filler Injection Under the Skin cost?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $214 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$89.13 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$110 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $85 to $1,698Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $71 to $219
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $214professional $123

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
$79.43
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$549.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$173.78
5 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$12.59

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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· 5th of 51

$126

AK $209NY $61.66

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.