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NuShield

South Dakota 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 South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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$447$123 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$891 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $170 to $2,754Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $93 to $2,754
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,754professional $447

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
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$204.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
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
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$288.40

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 11th 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.