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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Kansas rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$1.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.86 from a physician practice, and about $2.04 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.86$1.74 to $3.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.04$1.95 to $2.04

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $2Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $22
$2$5$10$20facility $2professional $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
$3.16
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.40
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
$2.40
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$0.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.34
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.48
Typical High
$0.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 42nd of 51

$1.95

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.