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Caffeine Injection

North Carolina rates for HCPCS J0706

Injection, caffeine citrate, 5 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Caffeine Injection cost?

$1.02per 5 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.02 for each 5 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.85 from a physician practice, and about $1.48 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 5 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$0.85
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.48

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 74% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$0.85$0.85 to $1.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.48$1.02 to $4.17

How much rates vary

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

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
$0.85
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$4.17
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.45
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$1.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.38
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in Montana than in Hawaii. 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· 31st of 51

$1.02

MT $5.13HI $0.56

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.