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Alginate or Other Fiber Gelling Wound Filler

South Carolina 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?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4.68 to $7.76.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

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

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
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.46
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.79
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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$6.31

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 5th of 51

$7.41

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.