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Stoma Plug or Seal

Minnesota rates for HCPCS A5081

Stoma plug or seal, any type

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Stoma Plug or Seal cost?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $4.90 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.27$3.09 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.90$3.47 to $13.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $39Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50facility $5professional $4

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
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.61
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$37.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$3.98
4 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
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.51
Median
$0.51
Typical High
$0.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.34
Median
$0.34
Typical High
$0.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.51
Typical High
$0.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$0.34
Typical High
$0.34

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Hawaii than in Vermont. 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· 6th of 51

$4.27

HI $5.50VT $2.19

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.