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Unclassified Parenteral Nutrition Lipids

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS B4185

Parenteral nutrition solution, not otherwise specified, 10 g lipids

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Unclassified Parenteral Nutrition Lipids cost?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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$13.49$6.17 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$11.75 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $6 to $60Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $27
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $17professional $13

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
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.76
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$51.29
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.47
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
$8.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$31.62
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$51.29
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$35.48
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.59
1 more rate 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
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
BA · With IV/tube nutrition
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.88

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Montana than in Utah. 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· 18th of 51

$14.79

MT $19.50UT $5.25

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.