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Butorphanol Injection

North Carolina rates for HCPCS J0595

Injection, butorphanol tartrate, 1 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Butorphanol Injection cost?

$5.62per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.62 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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
$5.37
At a hospital outpatient department
$17.38

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 224% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$5.37$3.39 to $6.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$5.62 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $3 to $46Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $5

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
$3.39
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$5.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$13.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.59
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 48th of 51

$5.62

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.