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Levorphanol Injection

Kentucky rates for HCPCS J1960

Injection, levorphanol tartrate, up to 2 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Levorphanol Injection cost?

$3.63per 2 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.63 for each 2 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.37 from a physician practice, and about $3.72 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 2 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$0.37
At a hospital outpatient department
$3.72

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 900% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$0.37$0.36 to $3.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.72$3.63 to $3.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $0 to $4Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $3
$0.02$0.1$0.5$2$10facility $4professional $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
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$4.07
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 100.0 times more in Minnesota than in Colorado. 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· 5th of 51

$3.63

MN $36.31CO $0.36

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.