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NuShield

Utah 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 Utah, 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 $3,236 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$126$126 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$158 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $151 to $4,266Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $123 to $3,236
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $3,236professional $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
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$245.47
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
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
$1,548.82
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 40th 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.