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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Iowa rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$3.16

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.16 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.16 from a physician practice, and about $4.37 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$3.16$2.19 to $4.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.37$3.63 to $6.03

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $63Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $12
$2$5$10$20$50facility $4professional $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
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.61
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$8.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$57.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$9.12
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$3.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$3.16

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.