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Parenteral Nutrition, Amino Acid over 8.5%, Home Mix

Massachusetts 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$69.18$31.62 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$81.28 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $60 to $269Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $29 to $138
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $87professional $69

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
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$37.15
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$269.15
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.12
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$162.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$269.15
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$181.97
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$138.04
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
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
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.72

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 17th of 51

$81.28

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.