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NuShield

South Carolina 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $191 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$148$126 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$151 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $145 to $2,951Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $117 to $2,951
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $191professional $148

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
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
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
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
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
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
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 27th of 51

$148

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.