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Calibrated Microcapillary Tube

California rates for HCPCS A4651

Calibrated microcapillary tube, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Calibrated Microcapillary Tube cost?

$0.31

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.31 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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$0.31$0.06 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$22.39 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $0 to $115Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $40
$0.1$1$10$100facility $26professional $0

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
$0.06
Median
$0.06
Typical High
$0.06
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.06
Median
$0.06
Typical High
$0.06
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$630.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.06
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$0.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.10
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.40

Where California sits

The same service costs 2630.3 times more in Montana than in Nevada. 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.

California· 19th of 51

$0.31

MT $79.43NV $0.03

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.