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Sterile Water, Saline or Dextrose Diluent or Flush

Minnesota 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?

$0.63

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.63 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.62 from a physician practice, and about $5.75 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$0.62$0.46 to $0.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.75$1.55 to $10.00

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $1 to $11Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.2$0.5$1$2$5$10facility $6professional $1

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
$0.46
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.46
Typical High
$0.46
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$1.12
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$3.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.95
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$2.82
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$83.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.51
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.23
Typical High
$0.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.23
Typical High
$0.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.06

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$0.63

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.