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Unclassified Wound Filler, Gel or Paste

California rates for HCPCS A6261

Wound filler, gel/paste, per fl oz, not otherwise specified

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Unclassified Wound Filler, Gel or Paste cost?

$3.98

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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$3.89$1.74 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$47.86 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $2 to $191Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $1 to $34
$1$5$20$100facility $56professional $4

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
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.89
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$630.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$6.61
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$4.07
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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$30.20

Where California sits

The same service costs 74.1 times more in Wyoming than in Kentucky. 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.

California· 6th of 51

$3.98

WY $75.86KY $1.02

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.