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Parenteral Nutrition, Amino Acid over 8.5%, Home Mix

Minnesota 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$83.18$75.86 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$83.18 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $83 to $347Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $60 to $123
$50$100$200$500facility $83professional $83

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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$123.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$676.08
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$199.53

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 12th of 51

$83.18

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.