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Sterile Water, Saline or Dextrose Diluent or Flush

Kansas 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 Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.38 from a physician practice, and about $1.38 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.38$0.31 to $1.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.38$1.38 to $1.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $4
$0.2$0.5$1$2facility $1professional $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
$0.71
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$0.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$0.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.45
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.46
Median
$0.46
Typical High
$0.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.40
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
$0.19
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$0.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.14
Typical High
$0.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.06
Median
$0.10
Typical High
$0.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 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.