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Fluid Flow or Fluid GF

California rates for HCPCS Q4206

Fluid Flow or Fluid GF, 1 cc

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fluid Flow or Fluid GF cost?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,399 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 7 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$2,399$2,344 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$2,455 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $8,710Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $2,399

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$12,882.50
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,089.30
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,801.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where California sits

Rates are fairly even across states for this service. 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.

California· 43rd of 51

$2,399

MD $2,455IN $2,291

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.