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Solid Skin Barrier, 8x8 or Equivalent

Iowa rates for HCPCS A5122

Skin barrier; solid, 8 x 8 or equivalent, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Solid Skin Barrier, 8x8 or Equivalent cost?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.85$10.96 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$15.14 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $12 to $79Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $9 to $24
$5$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $16

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
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.12
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.92
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$38.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$15.85
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
2 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
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.78

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Hawaii than in Rhode Island. 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$17.38

HI $22.91RI $7.94

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.