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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Florida rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$2.82

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.82 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.75 from a physician practice, and about $3.16 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 8 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$2.75$1.95 to $3.16
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.16$3.16 to $3.16

How much rates vary

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

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
$1.95
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.47
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$3.16
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.69
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$4.47

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Wisconsin than in California. 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.

Florida· 15th of 51

$2.82

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.