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Sterile Water, Saline or Dextrose Diluent or Flush

Mississippi 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 Mississippi, 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 $0.65 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$0.31$0.28 to $0.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.65$0.65 to $0.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.2$0.5facility $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
$0.54
Median
$0.63
Typical High
$0.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.46
Median
$0.54
Typical High
$0.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.27
Typical High
$0.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.11
Typical High
$0.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.06
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.06
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.71
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.49
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$0.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.38
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SC · Medically necessary
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 39th 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.