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Alginate or Other Fiber Gelling Wound Filler

Colorado rates for HCPCS A6199

Alginate or other fiber gelling dressing, wound filler, sterile, per 6 in

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Alginate or Other Fiber Gelling Wound Filler cost?

$3.16

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.16 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.16 from a physician practice, and about $5.13 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$3.16$3.16 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.13$3.16 to $7.59

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $14Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$5$10facility $5professional $3

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$8.32
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.45
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.85
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.47
1 more rate 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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Hawaii than in Utah. 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.

Colorado· 50th of 51

$3.16

HI $8.71UT $3.16

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.