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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma, 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 $2.34 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.24$1.55 to $2.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.34$2.34 to $3.80

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50facility $2professional $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
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$5.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$2.63
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
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.44
Median
$0.45
Typical High
$0.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$0.34
Typical High
$0.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.23
Typical High
$0.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 38th 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.