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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

South Carolina rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$2.75

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.69 from a physician practice, and about $3.24 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 5 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$2.69$1.91 to $2.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.24$2.95 to $4.27

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$2$5$10facility $3professional $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
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.45

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 18th of 51

$2.75

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.