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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Oregon rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$3.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.88 from a physician practice, and about $3.98 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 8 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$2.88$2.14 to $3.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.98$3.47 to $4.37

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $4Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50facility $4professional $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
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$151.36
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$5.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.68
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.37
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.50
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$6.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$3.09

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 4th of 51

$3.47

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.