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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Minnesota rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$3.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.24 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.24$2.45 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$5.37 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $4 to $37Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $7
$1.0$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $13professional $3

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.61
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$37.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$8.91
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$4.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$5.75

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Wisconsin than in California. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Minnesota $3.89 · 2nd of 51
WI $4.37CA $1.48

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.