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Betadine or Iodine Swabs/Wipes

Alaska rates for HCPCS A4247

Betadine or iodine swabs/wipes, per box

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Betadine or Iodine Swabs/Wipes cost?

$1.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.78 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 6 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$1.78$1.51 to $3.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.72$2.51 to $4.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $1 to $9Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$2.57
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$8.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$60.26
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.20
Typical High
$3,467.37
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.11
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$0.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$8.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$6.31

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in North Dakota than in Minnesota. 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.

Alaska· 47th of 51

$1.86

ND $8.51MN $1.12

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.