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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

New York rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$2.45

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.45 from a physician practice, and about $2.95 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 9 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$2.45$1.20 to $4.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.95$1.62 to $3.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3professional $2

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
$1.20
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$3.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.91
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$4.37
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
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
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$14.45
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.59
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$1.70
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.09
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$7.08
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.95
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.09

Where New York 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 York· 30th of 51

$2.45

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.