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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Minnesota rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$5.25

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.25 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $8.32 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$4.47$2.24 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.32$4.37 to $12.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50facility $8professional $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
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.61
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.50
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$30.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$3.63
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.49
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$0.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$0.32
Typical High
$0.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.63
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.47
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$0.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$0.32
Typical High
$0.32

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$5.25

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.