How much does Succinylcholine Chloride Injection cost?

$2.51per 20 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.51 for each 20 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.60 from a physician practice, and about $2.88 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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This drug is priced per 20 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

Amount givenmg

In a doctor's office or clinic: $0.60
At a hospital outpatient department: $2.88

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 379% more at a hospital than at a doctor's office.

Drug cost only. Giving the drug, the visit itself and any monitoring are billed on their own codes. We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed by	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	A doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	$0.60	$0.60 to $0.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	A hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	$2.88	$1.45 to $5.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $11Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1.00 Median $2.88 Typical High $10.72	Facility	Global	$1.00	$2.88	$10.72
Aetna Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $0.60 Median $0.60 Typical High $0.71	Professional	Global	$0.60	$0.60	$0.71
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $0.60 Median $0.76 Typical High $85.11	Facility	Global	$0.60	$0.76	$85.11
Cigna Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $0.60 Median $0.60 Typical High $3.24	Professional	Global	$0.60	$0.60	$3.24
Highmark BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $0.98 Median $1.86 Typical High $6.76	Facility	Global	$0.98	$1.86	$6.76
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $2.57 Median $2.57 Typical High $2.57	Facility	Global	$2.57	$2.57	$2.57
United Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $0.58 Median $0.60 Typical High $1.32	Professional	Global	$0.58	$0.60	$1.32

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 14.5 times more in South Carolina than in Vermont. 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.

West Virginia· 19th of 51

$2.51

SC $8.71VT $0.60

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.