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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Arizona rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$2.63

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.63 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1.86 to $4.27.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $1 to $17Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $11
$2$5$10$20facility $4professional $3

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.16
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$8.91
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.63
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
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.39
Median
$0.39
Typical High
$0.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Minnesota than in New Hampshire. 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.

Arizona· 20th of 51

$2.63

MN $5.25NH $1.20

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.