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Amitriptyline Injection

Louisiana rates for HCPCS J1320

Injection, amitriptyline HCl, up to 20 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Amitriptyline Injection cost?

$2.51per 20 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.51 for each 20 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.24 from a physician practice, and about $2.51 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 20 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$2.24
At a hospital outpatient department
$2.51

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 12% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.24$2.24 to $2.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.51$2.51 to $2.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $3Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3
$2facility $3professional $2

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.63
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.26

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 128.8 times more in Kansas than in New York. 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.

Louisiana· 3rd of 51

$2.51

KS $7.76NY $0.06

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.