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Sterile Water, Saline or Dextrose Diluent or Flush

Colorado 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?

$0.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.30 from a physician practice, and about $0.62 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 7 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$0.30$0.21 to $0.40
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.62$0.39 to $7.08

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $324Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$1$10$100facility $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
$0.17
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.30
Typical High
$0.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.47
Median
$0.47
Typical High
$0.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.33
Typical High
$1.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.54
Typical High
$0.85
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.63
Median
$0.63
Typical High
$0.63
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.41
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$1.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.25
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.40

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 44th of 51

$0.31

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.