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Butorphanol Injection

Kentucky rates for HCPCS J0595

Injection, butorphanol tartrate, 1 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Butorphanol Injection cost?

$7.24per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $7.24 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
$6.17
At a hospital outpatient department
$7.24

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 17% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 5 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$6.17$6.17 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.24$7.24 to $7.24

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $7 to $10Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $6
$5$10$20facility $7professional $6

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
$6.17
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.23
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Wyoming than in Oklahoma. 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.

Kentucky· 9th of 51

$7.24

WY $20.42OK $3.24

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.