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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Georgia rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$2.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.95 from a physician practice, and about $5.37 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 7 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$2.95$2.29 to $3.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.37$2.75 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $32Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5
$1.0$10.0$100.0facility $5professional $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
$2.75
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.76
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.24

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia $2.95 · 11th 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.