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Sterile Water, Saline or Dextrose Diluent or Flush

Maryland 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 Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.34 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $0.27 to $0.42.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $0 to $28Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $3professional $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
$0.28
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.33
Typical High
$0.52
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$0.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.50
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.25
Median
$0.25
Typical High
$0.52

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 39th 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.