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Alcohol or Peroxide

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS A4244

Alcohol or peroxide, per pint

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Alcohol or Peroxide cost?

$1.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.10 from a physician practice, and about $2.95 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.10$0.46 to $1.41
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.95$1.70 to $4.17

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1,995Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $5
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3professional $1

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
$0.46
Median
$0.46
Typical High
$0.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.46
Median
$0.46
Typical High
$0.48
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.61
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.43
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.51
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.34
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$1.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.61
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.43
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.93
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$3.09
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.51
2 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
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.05

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 190.5 times more in Wyoming 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.

Massachusetts· 10th of 51

$1.12

WY $75.86RI $0.40

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.