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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Illinois rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$2.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 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 $4.79 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$2.45$1.95 to $3.16
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.79$2.45 to $9.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $20Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4
$1.0$5.0$20.0$100.0facility $5professional $2

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
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$22.39
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$3.72

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois $2.45 · 29th 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.