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Sterile Water/Saline, 500 ml

Virginia rates for HCPCS A4217

Sterile water/saline, 500 ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$2.40

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.40 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.14 from a physician practice, and about $3.72 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$2.14$1.20 to $2.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.72$2.95 to $5.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $1,660Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $4professional $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
$5.50
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$1.86
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$5.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.82
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$512.86
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$3.24

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Wisconsin than in California. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Virginia $2.40 · 39th of 51
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.