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Buprenorphine, Oral

Colorado rates for HCPCS J0571

Buprenorphine, oral, 1 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Buprenorphine, Oral cost?

$0.50per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.50 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.27 from a physician practice, and about $0.63 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

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

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$0.27
At a hospital outpatient department
$0.63

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 134% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.27$0.27 to $0.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.63$0.47 to $0.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0
$0.5$1$2$5facility $1professional $0

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$1.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.37
Typical High
$0.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.43
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$1.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.27
Median
$0.27
Typical High
$0.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.27
Median
$0.27
Typical High
$0.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.27
Median
$0.27
Typical High
$0.27
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.37
Typical High
$0.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$1.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.38
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.19
Median
$0.19
Typical High
$0.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.06
Median
$0.06
Typical High
$0.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.07

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Kansas than in Virginia. 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.

Colorado· 12th of 51

$0.50

KS $1.78VA $0.28

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.