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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$2.82

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 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 $4.57 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$2.82$1.86 to $3.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.57$3.24 to $9.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$10$100$1Kfacility $5professional $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
$3.24
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.63
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.18

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Wisconsin than in California. 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· 14th of 51

$2.82

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.