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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 July 2026.

How much does NuShield cost?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $234 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$115$95.50 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$141 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $93 to $525Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $83 to $2,754
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $234professional $115

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$263.03

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 51st of 51

$120

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.