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Sterile Water, Saline or Dextrose Diluent or Flush

Iowa 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?

$0.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.62 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $0.35 to $0.69.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.2$1$5$20facility $1professional $1

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
$0.62
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$0.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$1.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.43
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$0.85
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$4.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$0.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.55
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.50
5 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
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$0.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.06
Typical High
$0.06
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.06
Typical High
$0.17

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$0.62

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.