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NuShield

Minnesota 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$95.50 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$151 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $126 to $2,884Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $93 to $2,884
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $240professional $178

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
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$120.23
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
9 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$125.89

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 24th of 51

$182

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.