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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

New Jersey rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$2.24

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.24 from a physician practice, and about $417 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$2.24$2.14 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$1.51 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $1 to $759Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $49
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $417professional $2

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
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.43
Typical High
$0.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.32
Typical High
$0.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.21
Typical High
$0.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,456.54
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.69

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 34th of 51

$2.24

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.