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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Connecticut rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$1.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.20 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $0.89 to $2.45.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

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

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
$1.20
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.82
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
$0.89
Typical High
$1.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$3.80
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
$1.00
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$1.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.39
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.42
Typical High
$0.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.28

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 50th of 51

$1.20

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.