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Calibrated Microcapillary Tube

California rates for HCPCS A4651

Calibrated microcapillary tube, each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Calibrated Microcapillary Tube cost?

$0.06

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.06 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.05 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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 9 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$0.05$0.03 to $0.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$0.06 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $0 to $100Professionalmedian $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). 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
$0.06
Median
$0.06
Typical High
$0.06
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.06
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$104.71
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.51
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31

Where California sits

The same service costs 1122.0 times more in Minnesota than in Nebraska. 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· 6th of 51

$0.06

MN $33.88NE $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.