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Sterile Water, Saline or Dextrose Diluent or Flush

Arizona rates for HCPCS A4216

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$0.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.32 from a physician practice, and about $0.79 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 6 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$0.32$0.20 to $0.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.79$0.52 to $1.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $3Professionalmedian $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). 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
$0.37
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.33
Typical High
$0.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$2.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.44
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$1.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.54
Typical High
$1.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.40

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Alaska 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.

Arizona· 27th of 51

$0.36

AK $0.63VT $0.25

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.