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Enteral Formula, Modular, Nutritionally Incomplete

Minnesota 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 July 2026.

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

$1.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.12 from a physician practice, and about $2.82 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.12$1.00 to $1.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.82$1.12 to $4.27

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $8Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$1$2$5$10facility $3professional $1

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.91
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$0.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.55
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$0.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.45
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$7.94
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.51
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$1.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.34
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.82

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Wyoming than in Maine. 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$1.12

WY $1.78ME $0.49

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.