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Parenteral Nutrition, Amino Acid over 8.5%, Home Mix

New York 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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$27.54$24.55 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$47.86 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $48 to $98Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $23 to $83
$20$50$100$200facility $48professional $28

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
$30.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$165.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$54.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$407.38
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$309.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$234.42
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$51.29
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$51.29
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
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.62

Where New York 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.

New York· 50th of 51

$28.18

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.