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VABRA Aspirator

Colorado rates for HCPCS A4480

VABRA aspirator

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does VABRA Aspirator cost?

$2.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.45 from a physician practice, and about $2.63 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 7 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$2.45$1.82 to $2.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.63$1.58 to $4.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $6Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$0.5$1.0$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0facility $3professional $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
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$2.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$3.63

Where Colorado sits

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

Colorado $2.51 · 35th of 51
MN $5.75WV $1.95

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.