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NuShield

Massachusetts 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $282 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$126$126 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$174 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $132 to $7,079Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $126 to $9,120
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $282professional $126

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
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$331.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$6,918.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$331.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
4 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 29th of 51

$135

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.