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Unclassified Parenteral Nutrition Lipids

North Carolina rates for HCPCS B4185

Parenteral nutrition solution, not otherwise specified, 10 g lipids

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Unclassified Parenteral Nutrition Lipids cost?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.13$13.18 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$16.60 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $14 to $29Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $15
$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $14

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$25.12
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Montana than in Vermont. 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.

North Carolina· 26th of 51

$14.13

MT $20.89VT $5.37

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.