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Alginate or Other Fiber Gelling Wound Filler

Massachusetts 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?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 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$6.46$4.17 to $6.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$3.24 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $83Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $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
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$14.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$79.43
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.47
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$79.43
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.76

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 6th of 51

$6.46

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.