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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Indiana rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$1.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.38 from a physician practice, and about $5.37 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.38$1.05 to $2.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.37$3.47 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2,138Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $5professional $1

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$2.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$1.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.62
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.25
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,290.87
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$3.63
5 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
$1.12
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$1.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.19
Median
$0.22
Typical High
$0.30

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 49th of 51

$1.38

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.