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Butorphanol Injection

Louisiana rates for HCPCS J0595

Injection, butorphanol tartrate, 1 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Butorphanol Injection cost?

$6.17per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $6.92 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
$6.92

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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 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$6.92$6.31 to $8.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $21Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $6
$5$10$20$50facility $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
$6.46
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.17

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 46th of 51

$6.17

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.