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NuShield

Arizona rates for HCPCS Q4160

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does NuShield cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $191 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$219$126 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$117 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $74 to $457Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $105 to $3,090
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $191professional $219

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 37.2 times more in Wyoming than in North Carolina. 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.

Arizona· 22nd of 51

$200

WY $3,548NC $95.50

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.