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Sterile Water, Saline or Dextrose Diluent or Flush

North Carolina 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?

$0.41

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.40 from a physician practice, and about $3.72 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.40$0.27 to $0.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.72$0.56 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $0 to $575Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $4professional $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
$0.47
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$1.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$0.41
Typical High
$0.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$0.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.43
Median
$0.43
Typical High
$0.43
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.54
Typical High
$0.85
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.25
Typical High
$0.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.27
Typical High
$0.39
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 16th of 51

$0.41

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.