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Sterile Water, Saline or Dextrose Diluent or Flush

Maine 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?

$0.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.31 from a physician practice, and about $0.34 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.31$0.24 to $0.35
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.34$0.34 to $2.04

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $2Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.2$0.5$1$2facility $0professional $0

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.34
Median
$0.34
Typical High
$0.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$0.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.22
Typical High
$0.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.16
Typical High
$0.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31
Community Health Options
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.51
Typical High
$0.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.34
Median
$0.34
Typical High
$0.34
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$0.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.71
10 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
$0.18
Median
$0.18
Typical High
$0.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$0.18
Typical High
$0.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.05
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.04
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.08

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 38th of 51

$0.31

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.