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Chloramphenicol Injection

Iowa rates for HCPCS J0720

Injection, chloramphenicol sodium succinate, up to 1 g

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chloramphenicol Injection cost?

$50.12per g

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for each g of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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 g. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

g
In a doctor's office or clinic
$51.29
At a hospital outpatient department
$48.98

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 5% less 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$51.29$46.77 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$48.98 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $49 to $59Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $47 to $59
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0facility $49professional $51

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
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$51.29
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Colorado than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Iowa $50.12 · 27th of 51
CO $81.28MT $40.74

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.