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Syringe with Needle, Sterile, 5 cc or Greater

Washington rates for HCPCS A4209

Syringe with needle, sterile 5 cc or greater, each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Syringe with Needle, Sterile, 5 cc or Greater cost?

$0.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.28 from a physician practice, and about $0.62 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 8 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$0.28$0.20 to $0.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.62$0.52 to $0.68

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.2$0.5$1facility $1professional $0

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
$0.28
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.23
Typical High
$0.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.58
Median
$0.58
Typical High
$0.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.55
Typical High
$0.66
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.52
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.45
Typical High
$0.46
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.46
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$0.22
Typical High
$0.36
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.56

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Minnesota than in Vermont. 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.

Washington· 8th of 51

$0.31

MN $1.00VT $0.16

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.