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Pediatric Enteral Formula, Soy-Based, Intact Nutrients

Michigan 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 October 2026.

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

$1.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.23 from a physician practice, and about $2.29 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.23$0.89 to $1.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.29$1.66 to $3.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $2
$0.5$1$2$5facility $2professional $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
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$3.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$1.86
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$5.01
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$0.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$0.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$4.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$2.00
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$0.87
1 more rate 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
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
BO · Nutrition taken by mouth
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.76

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 199.5 times more in Montana than in Utah. 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.

Michigan· 11th of 51

$1.55

MT $79.43UT $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.