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Buprenorphine, Oral

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS J0571

Buprenorphine, oral, 1 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Buprenorphine, Oral cost?

$0.39per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.39 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.39 from a physician practice, and about $0.54 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
$0.39
At a hospital outpatient department
$0.54

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 38% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.39$0.38 to $0.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.54$0.34 to $0.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $2Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.5$1$2facility $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
$0.39
Median
$0.39
Typical High
$0.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.39
Median
$0.39
Typical High
$0.39
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$2.24
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$1.07
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.34
Typical High
$0.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$1.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.27
Median
$0.27
Typical High
$0.85
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.39
Typical High
$1.02
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$2.24
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$1.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$1.07
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.34
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$0.78
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.27
Median
$0.27
Typical High
$0.32
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
$0.20
Median
$0.20
Typical High
$0.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.06
Median
$0.06
Typical High
$0.06
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.04

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 22nd of 51

$0.39

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.