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NuShield

Maryland rates for HCPCS Q4160

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does NuShield cost?

$2,754

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,754 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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$2,754$170 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$2,754 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $3,548Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $126 to $2,951
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,754professional $2,754

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,951.21
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$131.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$151.36
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 25.1 times more in Wyoming 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.

Maryland· 3rd of 51

$2,754

WY $3,020MN $120

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.