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Pediatric Hydrolyzed or Amino Acid Enteral Formula

Iowa rates for HCPCS B4161

Enteral formula, for pediatrics, hydrolyzed/amino acids and peptide chain proteins, includes fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, may include fiber, administered through an enteral feeding tube, 100 calories = 1 unit

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pediatric Hydrolyzed or Amino Acid Enteral Formula cost?

$3.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.24 from a physician practice, and about $3.24 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 7 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$2.24$1.12 to $3.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.24$3.24 to $3.24

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $3Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $3professional $2

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
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$3.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.16
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.51
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Hawaii than in North Carolina. 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$3.02

HI $3.39NC $1.12

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.