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Sterile Water, Saline or Dextrose Diluent or Flush

Arkansas rates for HCPCS A4216

Sterile water, saline and/or dextrose, diluent/flush, 10 ml

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Sterile Water, Saline or Dextrose Diluent or Flush cost?

$0.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.45 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $0.31 to $0.50.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.2$0.5facility $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
$0.50
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.45
Typical High
$0.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.59
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.63
Median
$0.63
Typical High
$0.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.45
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
$0.23
Median
$0.25
Typical High
$0.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.10
Typical High
$0.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.05

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Hawaii than in Rhode Island. 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.

Arkansas· 19th of 51

$0.45

HI $1.05RI $0.23

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.