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NuShield

Missouri 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $209 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$126$110 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$209$151 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $126 to $537Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $98 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $209professional $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
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
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
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$331.13

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 44th of 51

$126

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.