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Miscellaneous Ostomy Supply

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A4421

Ostomy supply; miscellaneous

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Miscellaneous Ostomy Supply cost?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.05$5.01 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$5.01 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $5 to $25
$10$20facility $22professional $19

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
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.50
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
3 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 199.5 times more in Montana than in Iowa. 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· 20th of 51

$19.05

MT $79.43IA $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.