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Bethanechol Chloride Injection

California rates for HCPCS J0520

Injection, bethanechol chloride, Myotonachol or Urecholine, up to 5 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bethanechol Chloride Injection cost?

$5.25per 5 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.25 for each 5 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $5.75 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 5 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$4.68
At a hospital outpatient department
$5.75

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 23% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 9 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$4.68$4.68 to $5.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.75$5.01 to $7.76

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $12Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9
$5$10$20facility $6professional $5

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
$4.68
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$10.23
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$12.59

Where California sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Alaska than in Colorado. 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· 11th of 51

$5.25

AK $7.59CO $4.47

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.