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Needle, Sterile

Virginia rates for HCPCS A4215

Needle, sterile, any size, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Needle, Sterile cost?

$0.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.17 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$0.17$0.15 to $0.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$0.15 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $0 to $10,233Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $513professional $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
$0.14
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$0.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$0.15
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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.13
Median
$0.18
Typical High
$0.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.17
Typical High
$0.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$0.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.30
Typical High
$0.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$0.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.19
Median
$0.19
Typical High
$1.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$0.22
Typical High
$0.22
1 more rate 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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$0.06
Median
$0.11
Typical High
$0.17

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 33rd of 51

$0.17

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.