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AmnioBand or Guardian

Alaska rates for HCPCS Q4151

AmnioBand or Guardian, per sq cm (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does AmnioBand or Guardian cost?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $178 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$204$135 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$135 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $135 to $398Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $135 to $479
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $178professional $204

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$354.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$3,467.37
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$416.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 1.6 times more in Alaska than in Minnesota. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$204

AK $204MN $126

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.