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Needle, Sterile

Minnesota rates for HCPCS A4215

Needle, sterile, any size, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Needle, Sterile cost?

$0.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.40 from a physician practice, and about $0.87 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.40$0.38 to $0.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.87$0.51 to $1.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $68Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.2$1$5$20facility $1professional $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
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$0.15
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.58
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$2.04
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.42
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$1.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.48
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$1.41
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.25
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$144.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$1.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.13
Median
$0.19
Typical High
$0.30
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
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 Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$0.42

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.