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Alginate or Other Fiber Gelling Wound Filler

Minnesota 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?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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 6 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$7.41$6.03 to $7.41
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$9.12 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $7 to $60Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $9
$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0facility $21professional $7

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
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$60.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$9.77

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Minnesota $7.41 · 1st of 51
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.