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Parenteral Nutrition, Amino Acid over 8.5%, Home Mix

South Carolina 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $79.43 to $85.11.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $78 to $107Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $69 to $85
$0.1$1$10$100facility $79professional $85

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$85.11
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
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 6th of 51

$85.11

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.