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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 October 2026.

How much does Sterile Water, Saline or Dextrose Diluent or Flush cost?

$0.54

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.54 from a physician practice, and about $1.29 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.54$0.43 to $0.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.29$0.43 to $7.76

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $16Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$1$10$100facility $1professional $1

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.43
Median
$0.43
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.19
Median
$0.43
Typical High
$0.46
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$0.58
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.43
Median
$0.43
Typical High
$5.75
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.47
5 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.22
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
$0.06
Median
$0.06
Typical High
$0.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.17

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 11th of 51

$0.54

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.