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Pediatric Enteral Formula, Soy-Based, Intact Nutrients

California rates for HCPCS B4159

Enteral formula, for pediatrics, nutritionally complete soy based with intact nutrients, includes proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, may include fiber and/or iron, administered through an enteral feeding tube, 100 calories = 1 unit

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pediatric Enteral Formula, Soy-Based, Intact Nutrients cost?

$0.85

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.41 from a physician practice, and about $0.93 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 9 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$0.41$0.40 to $1.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.93$0.83 to $0.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $3
$0.5$2$10$50facility $1professional $0

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
$0.40
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$1.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$1.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.74
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$0.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.70
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$1.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$0.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03

Where California sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Wyoming than in Vermont. 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· 18th of 51

$0.85

WY $2.24VT $0.40

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.