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Sterile Water, Saline or Dextrose Diluent or Flush

North Dakota 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?

$0.47

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.47 from a physician practice, and about $0.43 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 5 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$0.47$0.31 to $0.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.43$0.40 to $0.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.2$0.5$1$2$5$10$20facility $0professional $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
$0.40
Median
$0.43
Typical High
$0.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.47
Median
$0.63
Typical High
$0.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.43
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$1.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$1.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.71

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 7th of 51

$0.47

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.