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Parenteral Nutrition, Amino Acid 3.5%, Home Mix

Louisiana rates for HCPCS B4168

Parenteral nutrition solution; amino acid, 3.5%, (500 ml = 1 unit) - home mix

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Parenteral Nutrition, Amino Acid 3.5%, Home Mix cost?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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 4 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$30.20$26.92 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$0.02 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $0 to $36Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $22 to $36
$0.1$1$10facility $28professional $30

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
$26.92
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$33.11

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.9 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.

Louisiana· 31st of 51

$30.20

MT $46.77WV $16.22

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.