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Alginate or Other Fiber Gelling Wound Filler

Ohio 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?

$3.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $6.17 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.80$3.72 to $4.68
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.17$4.68 to $14.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $26Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$2$5$10$20facility $6professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$10.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.72
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$34.67
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.71
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.47
2 more rates 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
A1 · Dressing, 1 wound
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$0.33
Typical High
$0.52

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 40th of 51

$3.80

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.