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Insulin Injection

Kentucky rates for HCPCS J1815

Injection, insulin, per 5 units

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Insulin Injection cost?

$0.89per 5 units

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.89 for each 5 units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.22 from a physician practice, and about $1.07 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 5 units. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

units
In a doctor's office or clinic
$0.22
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.07

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 390% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 5 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$0.22$0.22 to $0.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.07$0.46 to $1.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.2$1$5$20facility $1professional $0

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
$0.22
Median
$0.46
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.22
Typical High
$1.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$0.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42,657.95
Median
$52,480.75
Typical High
$63,095.73
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.23
Typical High
$43,651.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.22
Typical High
$0.22

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 26.3 times more in Florida than in North Dakota. 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.

Kentucky· 8th of 51

$0.89

FL $5.75ND $0.22

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.