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Sterile Water, Saline or Dextrose Diluent or Flush

Montana 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?

$0.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.65 from a physician practice, and about $0.79 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$0.65$0.63 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.79$0.65 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $36Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $79
$0.2$1$5$20facility $1professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.39
Typical High
$0.56
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.54
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$1.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.63
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$37.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.63
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$38.02
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.54
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$1.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.25
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.40

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 3rd of 51

$0.65

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.