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Drain Bag/Bottle, for Dialysis

California rates for HCPCS A4911

Drain bag/bottle, for dialysis, each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Drain Bag/Bottle, for Dialysis cost?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 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$10.00$10.00 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$10.00 to $13.80

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $24Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $40
$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $10

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
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$9.33
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.98
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$89.13

Where California sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in North Dakota than in Kansas. 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.

California· 34th of 51

$10.00

ND $67.61KS $6.03

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.