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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 October 2026.

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

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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$7.41$5.50 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$7.41 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $5 to $32Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$2$5$10$20$50facility $14professional $7

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
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$32.36
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$6.17

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$7.59

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.