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Needle, Sterile

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS A4215

Needle, sterile, any size, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Needle, Sterile cost?

$0.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.15 from a physician practice, and about $0.23 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.15$0.10 to $0.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.23$0.13 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $4,898Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $2
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $0professional $0

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
$0.15
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$0.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$0.15
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.10
Median
$0.30
Typical High
$0.33
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.10
Median
$0.10
Typical High
$1.86
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
KX · Policy requirements met
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.23
Typical High
$0.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.30
Typical High
$0.42
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.23
Typical High
$0.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.10
Median
$0.30
Typical High
$0.33
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.10
Median
$0.10
Typical High
$1.86
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
KX · Policy requirements met
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.23
Typical High
$0.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.22
Typical High
$46.77
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.10
Median
$0.18
Typical High
$4,073.80
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
KX · Policy requirements met
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.52
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.10
Median
$0.10
Typical High
$0.14
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
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 1318.3 times more in Montana than in Missouri. 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.

Massachusetts· 41st of 51

$0.15

MT $79.43MO $0.06

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.