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Bethanechol Chloride Injection

Massachusetts 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?

$4.79per 5 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for each 5 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $5.37 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
$4.79
At a hospital outpatient department
$5.37

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 12% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 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$4.79$4.47 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.37$4.47 to $7.94

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $14Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$10$100$1Kfacility $5professional $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
$4.79
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.92
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.62
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.92

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 24th of 51

$4.79

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.