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Parenteral Nutrition, Amino Acid over 8.5%, Home Mix

Kansas rates for HCPCS B4178

Parenteral nutrition solution: amino acid, greater than 8.5% (500 ml = 1 unit) - home mix

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Parenteral Nutrition, Amino Acid over 8.5%, Home Mix cost?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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$41.69$16.60 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$12.59 to $13.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $13 to $14Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $17 to $78
$0.1$1$10$100facility $13professional $42

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
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$107.15
2 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.92

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Iowa than in Kansas. 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.

Kansas· 51st of 51

$16.60

IA $91.20KS $16.60

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.