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Parenteral Nutrition, Amino Acid over 8.5%, Home Mix

Washington 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 Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $115 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$81.28$69.18 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$81.28 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $72 to $166Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $0 to $170
$0.1$1$10$100facility $115professional $81

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
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$83.18
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$165.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$269.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$128.82
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
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 16th 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.