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Enteral Formula, Nutritionally Complete, Calorically Dense

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS B4152

Enteral formula, nutritionally complete, calorically dense (equal to or greater than 1.5 kcal/ml) with intact nutrients, includes proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, may include fiber, administered through an enteral feeding tube, 100 calories = 1 unit

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Enteral Formula, Nutritionally Complete, Calorically Dense cost?

$0.40

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.40 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.39 from a physician practice, and about $0.46 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$0.39$0.27 to $0.56
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.46$0.40 to $0.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $56Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $0professional $0

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
$0.27
Median
$0.27
Typical High
$1.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.27
Median
$0.27
Typical High
$0.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$1.20
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
BO · Nutrition taken by mouth
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$5.75
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.16
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.91
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$1.15
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$0.24
Typical High
$0.33
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.16
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$1.20
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
BO · Nutrition taken by mouth
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$5.75
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.16
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.16
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.93
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$0.33
Typical High
$0.51
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
BO · Nutrition taken by mouth
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$4.27
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
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
BA · With IV/tube nutrition
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$0.43
Typical High
$0.74
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
BA · With IV/tube nutrition
Typical Low
$0.46
Median
$0.46
Typical High
$0.55

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Florida than in Alabama. 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· 30th of 51

$0.40

FL $0.74AL $0.24

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.