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Sterile Water, Saline or Dextrose Diluent or Flush

Ohio 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?

$0.32

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.32 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.31 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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 9 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$0.31$0.25 to $0.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$0.56 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1,000Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $44professional $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
$0.44
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.34
Typical High
$0.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.25
Median
$0.30
Typical High
$0.68
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.59
Typical High
$0.79
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$0.79
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
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$15.49
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.45
Typical High
$0.62
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.51
Median
$0.59
Typical High
$1.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.38

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 42nd of 51

$0.32

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.