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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$2.82

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.82 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.82 from a physician practice, and about $3.24 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$2.82$2.69 to $3.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.24$3.24 to $3.89

How much rates vary

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

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
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.89
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$7.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.19
6 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
$1.38
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.55
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.42
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$0.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.33
Typical High
$0.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$4.47

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 18th of 51

$2.82

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.