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NuShield

Nebraska 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$525$126 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$331 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $209 to $3,162Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $93 to $3,162
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,951professional $525

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
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,570.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$134.90
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
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 12th of 51

$525

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.