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VABRA Aspirator

Washington rates for HCPCS A4480

VABRA aspirator

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does VABRA Aspirator cost?

$2.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.82 from a physician practice, and about $6.61 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$2.82$2.24 to $4.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.61$5.50 to $7.41

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0facility $7professional $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
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$60.26
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$3.63
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31

Where Washington 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.

Washington $2.95 · 15th 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.