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Sterile Water, Saline or Dextrose Diluent or Flush

Louisiana 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?

$0.35

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.35 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.32 from a physician practice, and about $0.45 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$0.32$0.31 to $0.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.45$0.45 to $4.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $5Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0
$0.2$0.5$1$2$5facility $0professional $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
$0.35
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$0.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.43
Typical High
$0.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$0.22
Typical High
$0.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.06
Typical High
$0.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.45
Typical High
$0.45
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.45
Typical High
$0.45
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.38

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 29th of 51

$0.35

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.