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Caffeine Injection

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, 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 $1.02 from a physician practice, and about $1.74 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
$1.02
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.74

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 70% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 7 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$1.02$1.02 to $1.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.74$1.02 to $2.82

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$1$2$5$10facility $2professional $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
$1.02
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.02
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.02
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$6.46
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$2.63
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.78

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 33rd 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.