go back

Bethanechol Chloride Injection

South Carolina 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?

$4.57per 5 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.57 for each 5 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $5.13 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
$4.57
At a hospital outpatient department
$5.13

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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 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$4.57$4.57 to $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.13$4.57 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $6
$5$10facility $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
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.75

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 44th of 51

$4.57

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.