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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

New Mexico 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 New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.82 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.63 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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$2.63$2.24 to $3.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$15.14 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $3 to $54Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50facility $30professional $3

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
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.16
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$11.22
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.82
5 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
$1.23
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$1.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.47
Typical High
$0.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.25
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 17th 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.