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Custom Artificial Nose Prosthesis

Iowa rates for HCPCS 21087

Taking an impression and custom-building an artificial nose for someone who has lost part or all of the nose to injury, disease, or surgery. The prosthesis is sculpted and colored to blend with the surrounding face and is made to be put on and taken off by the wearer.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Custom Artificial Nose Prosthesis cost?

$3,020

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,020 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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$3,020$2,455 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$1,660 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $12,303Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $4,571
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $3,020

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,265.80
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$11,748.98
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,466.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
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
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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

$3,020

AK $5,129TX $933

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.