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Enteral Formula, Modular, Nutritionally Incomplete

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS B4155

Enteral formula, nutritionally incomplete/modular nutrients, includes specific nutrients, carbohydrates (e.g., glucose polymers), proteins/amino acids (e.g., glutamine, arginine), fat (e.g., medium chain triglycerides) or combination, administered through an enteral feeding tube, 100 calories = 1 unit

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Enteral Formula, Modular, Nutritionally Incomplete cost?

$0.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.89 from a physician practice, and about $1.00 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$0.89$0.47 to $1.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.00$0.95 to $2.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $2
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1professional $1

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
$0.47
Median
$0.47
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.47
Median
$0.47
Typical High
$0.51
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$2.88
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$1.58
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$3.47
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.13
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
$0.33
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$2.04
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$2.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$1.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$2.04
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$1.15
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.10
Median
$0.10
Typical High
$0.12
3 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
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.05
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
BA · With IV/tube nutrition
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.78

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.6 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· 23rd of 51

$0.95

FL $1.70AL $0.47

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.