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Parenteral Nutrition, Dextrose 50% or Less, Home Mix

North Carolina rates for HCPCS B4164

Parenteral nutrition solution: carbohydrates (dextrose), 50% or less (500 ml = 1 unit), home mix

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Parenteral Nutrition, Dextrose 50% or Less, Home Mix cost?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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$21.38$20.42 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$23.44 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $21 to $26Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $15 to $23
$20$50$100facility $25professional $21

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
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$38.02
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Montana than in West Virginia. 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.

North Carolina· 27th of 51

$21.38

MT $31.62WV $12.30

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.