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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Illinois rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$2.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.45 from a physician practice, and about $7.94 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.45$2.19 to $2.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.94$5.50 to $14.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $32Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50facility $8professional $2

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
$2.04
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$0.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.37
Typical High
$0.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.25
Typical High
$0.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$22.39
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$5.37

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 21st of 51

$2.45

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.