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Alginate or Other Fiber Gelling Wound Filler

Iowa rates for HCPCS A6199

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $7.08 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 7 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$6.17$4.68 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$6.17 to $8.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $11Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $32
$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $6

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
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.72
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$13.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$15.49
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.55
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$6.46
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. 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· 9th of 51

$6.17

MN $7.41KY $3.72

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.