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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Idaho rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$3.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $4.37 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.98$2.24 to $5.01
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.37$3.55 to $6.03

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $141Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $4professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$6.17
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.17
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$3.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$229.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$269.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.98
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.98
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.90
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.69
9 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
$1.23
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.25
Median
$0.51
Typical High
$0.51
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.25
Median
$0.51
Typical High
$0.51

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 2nd of 51

$3.98

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.