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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

New Mexico rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$2.63

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.63 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.57 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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$2.57$1.86 to $3.09
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$3.89 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $3 to $54Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$1$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $14professional $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
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.16
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$5.62
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$14.45
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$6.61
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.82

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 27th of 51

$2.63

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.