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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Oregon rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$3.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.24 from a physician practice, and about $3.80 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.24$2.24 to $4.27
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.80$3.63 to $4.37

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $4Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50facility $4professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$151.36
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.57
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.37
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.37
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.37
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.62
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.37
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$79.43
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AU · Urologic/ostomy supply
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$3.55
8 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
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.48
Typical High
$0.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$0.32
Typical High
$0.32
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.48
Typical High
$0.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$0.32
Typical High
$0.32

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 12th of 51

$3.24

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.