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Disposable Endoscope Sheath

Minnesota rates for HCPCS A4270

Disposable endoscope sheath, each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Disposable Endoscope Sheath cost?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 5 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$16.60$13.49 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$0.12 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $0 to $132Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $0 to $17
$0.1$1$10$100facility $20professional $17

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
$0.12
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$0.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.19
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$30.20

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 213.8 times more in Mississippi than in Georgia. 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$16.60

MS $25.70GA $0.12

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.