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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Michigan rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$3.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.72 from a physician practice, and about $8.51 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$3.72$2.14 to $4.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.51$5.25 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $19Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4
$2$5$10$20facility $9professional $4

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
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$0.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.59
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.39
Median
$0.41
Typical High
$0.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$6.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$1.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.76
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.56
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.27
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.63
1 more rate 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
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 6th of 51

$3.72

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.