go back

Buprenorphine, Oral

South Carolina rates for HCPCS J0571

Buprenorphine, oral, 1 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Buprenorphine, Oral cost?

$0.54per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.54 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.38 from a physician practice, and about $1.55 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 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$0.38
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.55

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 307% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$0.38$0.38 to $0.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.55$1.23 to $2.63

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $0 to $6Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.5$1$2$5facility $2professional $0

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
$0.38
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$2.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$1.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.44
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$1.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.39
Median
$0.39
Typical High
$0.39
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.35
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$2.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.27
Median
$0.27
Typical High
$0.30

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 19.1 times more in Hawaii than in Nebraska. 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· 12th of 51

$0.54

HI $7.08NE $0.37

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.