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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Alaska rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml cost?

$2.09

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.09 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.09 from a physician practice, and about $2.88 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 6 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$2.09$1.29 to $2.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.88$2.04 to $4.27

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $3professional $2

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$4.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$7.08
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$3,467.37
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$5.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$5.37

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Wisconsin than in California. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $2.09 · 46th of 51
WI $4.37CA $1.48

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.