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Dopamine Injection

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS J1265

Injection, dopamine HCl, 40 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Dopamine Injection cost?

$0.79per 40 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.79 for each 40 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.79 from a physician practice, and about $1.00 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 40 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$0.79
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.00

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 26% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$0.79$0.79 to $0.83
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.00$0.79 to $1.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $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
$0.79
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$1.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.63
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.39
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$1.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$3.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.89
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$6,918.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$1.35
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$95.50
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.63
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.39
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.98

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Delaware than in Minnesota. 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.

Massachusetts· 40th of 51

$0.79

DE $1.95MN $0.79

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.