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Droperidol Injection

Virginia rates for HCPCS J1790

Injection, droperidol, up to 5 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Droperidol Injection cost?

$8.13per 5 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for each 5 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $10.72 from a hospital or other facility.

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
$8.13
At a hospital outpatient department
$10.72

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 32% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.13$7.59 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.72$8.13 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $9
$2$5$10$20facility $11professional $8

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
$2.09
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$3.72
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$9.55
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.96
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
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
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$0.85

Where Virginia sits

Rates are fairly even across states for this service. 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.

Virginia· 22nd of 51

$8.13

AK $10.72NC $7.24

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.