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Parenteral Nutrition, Amino Acid over 8.5%, Home Mix

Louisiana rates for HCPCS B4178

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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$69.18$63.10 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$0.02 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $0 to $85Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $51 to $83
$0.1$1$10$100facility $66professional $69

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
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$75.86

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Montana than in Delaware. 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· 32nd of 51

$69.18

MT $102DE $29.51

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.