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Sterile Water, Saline or Dextrose Diluent or Flush

New Mexico 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?

$0.40

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.40 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.38 from a physician practice, and about $4.07 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$0.38$0.31 to $0.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.07$1.38 to $6.17

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $1 to $8Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.2$0.5$1$2$5facility $4professional $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
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$1.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.19
Median
$0.44
Typical High
$0.44
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.59
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.91
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$1.62
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$1.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.25
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.40
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
$0.18
Median
$0.22
Typical High
$0.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.17

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 21st of 51

$0.40

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.