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Ostomy Absorbent Material to Thicken Stomal Output

Minnesota rates for HCPCS A4422

Ostomy absorbent material (sheet/pad/crystal packet) for use in ostomy pouch to thicken liquid stomal output, each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ostomy Absorbent Material to Thicken Stomal Output cost?

$0.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.15 from a physician practice, and about $0.95 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 6 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$0.15$0.12 to $0.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.95$0.18 to $1.41

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $3Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0
$0.1$1$10$100facility $1professional $0

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
$0.10
Median
$0.10
Typical High
$0.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.06
Median
$0.10
Typical High
$0.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$0.18
Typical High
$0.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$0.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$3.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.43
Typical High
$0.48
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$2.63
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.51
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.06
Median
$0.06
Typical High
$0.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.21

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in South Dakota than in Kentucky. 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· 3rd of 51

$0.15

SD $0.15KY $0.08

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.