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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Kentucky rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$1.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.86 from a physician practice, and about $2.82 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$1.05 to $2.09
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.82$2.09 to $5.01

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$1$2$5$10$20facility $3professional $2

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
$2.04
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.51
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.25
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$19.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.29
7 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
$1.02
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.48
Typical High
$0.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.24
Typical High
$0.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$6.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$1.86

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$1.86

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.