go back

Sterile Water, Saline or Dextrose Diluent or Flush

Illinois 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?

$0.34

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.34 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.34 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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$0.34$0.26 to $0.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$0.54 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $0 to $2,188Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $29professional $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
$0.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.34
Typical High
$0.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.74
Typical High
$1.95
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$0.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.25
Median
$0.25
Typical High
$0.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.45

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 38th of 51

$0.34

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.