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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Colorado rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$1.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.86 from a physician practice, and about $3.09 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.86$1.74 to $2.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.09$1.86 to $4.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5
$2$5$10facility $3professional $2

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
$1.20
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$4.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$4.90
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.51
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.33
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.63
4 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
$0.93
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$1.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.19
Median
$0.19
Typical High
$0.31

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 46th of 51

$1.86

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.