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Codeine Injection

California rates for HCPCS J0745

Injection, codeine phosphate, per 30 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Codeine Injection cost?

$1.35per 30 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.35 for each 30 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.29 from a physician practice, and about $1.51 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 30 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$1.29
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.51

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 17% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 9 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$1.29$1.26 to $1.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.51$1.35 to $2.00

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $0 to $3Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$0.1$1$10$100facility $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
$1.26
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$2.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$3.16
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$3.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.39
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.45
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.91
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$1.91
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$3.55

Where California sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Alaska than in Colorado. 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.

California· 16th of 51

$1.35

AK $2.09CO $0.81

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.