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Cephalothin Injection

Minnesota rates for HCPCS J1890

Injection, cephalothin sodium, up to 1 g

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cephalothin Injection cost?

$10.72per g

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for each g of this drug. Most negotiated rates run $8.91 to $13.18.

Work out the cost of a dose

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

g
At a hospital outpatient department
$17.38

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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $31Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $9 to $11
$10$20facility $17professional $9

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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$11.48
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.88
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in Missouri than in Indiana. 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· 9th of 24

$10.72

MO $95.50IN $8.51

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.