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NuShield

North Carolina 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 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 $200 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$126$95.50 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$105 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $95 to $4,571Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $89 to $2,884
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $200professional $126

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
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$11,748.98

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 50th of 51

$126

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.