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Alginate or Other Fiber Gelling Wound Filler

Michigan 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 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 $16.60 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$6.17$5.37 to $7.08
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$13.18 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $7 to $34Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $6

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
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.85
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.08
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.47
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
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 14th of 51

$6.17

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.