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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Montana rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$2.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.88 from a physician practice, and about $3.63 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$2.88$2.14 to $3.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.63$3.24 to $4.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $8
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $4professional $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
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$3.89
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.08
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$5.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.29

Where Montana 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.

Montana $2.95 · 12th 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.