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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Iowa rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$3.63

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.63 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2.19 to $4.79.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50facility $5professional $4

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.17
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$21.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$3.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
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
$1.62
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$0.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.49
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$0.43
Typical High
$0.43

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$3.63

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.