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Insulin Injection

Minnesota rates for HCPCS J1815

Injection, insulin, per 5 units

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Insulin Injection cost?

$0.52per 5 units

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.52 for each 5 units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.25 from a physician practice, and about $1.55 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
$0.25
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.55

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 517% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 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$0.25$0.25 to $0.93
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.55$0.83 to $2.40

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $0 to $4Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$1$10$100facility $2professional $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
$0.27
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.22
Typical High
$0.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$1.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.25
Typical High
$0.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.20
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.55
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$1.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$5.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.22
Typical High
$0.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.22
Typical High
$0.45

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 18th of 51

$0.52

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.