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Packing Strips, Nonimpregnated, Sterile

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS A6407

Packing strips, nonimpregnated, sterile, up to 2 in in width, per linear yd

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Packing Strips, Nonimpregnated, Sterile cost?

$2.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.19 from a physician practice, and about $2.82 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$2.19$1.32 to $2.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.82$2.51 to $4.47

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $83Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $7
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3professional $2

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
$1.15
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$5.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$3.02
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$8.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$13.18
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.86
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.51
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$8.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$2.51
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.47
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$2.00
4 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.58
Median
$0.58
Typical High
$2.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.23
Typical High
$1.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.17
Typical High
$0.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$0.52

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Hawaii than in Colorado. 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.

Massachusetts· 12th of 51

$2.29

HI $2.88CO $1.12

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.