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Milrinone Lactate Injection

Texas rates for HCPCS J2260

Injection, milrinone lactate, 5 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Milrinone Lactate Injection cost?

$2.40per 5 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.40 for each 5 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.17 from a physician practice, and about $4.07 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
$1.17
At a hospital outpatient department
$4.07

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 247% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$1.17$1.10 to $1.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.07$2.29 to $6.03

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$1$2$5$10facility $4professional $1

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
$1.10
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$2.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.20
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$3.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.10
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$4.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$1.41
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$9.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.17
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.35
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.55
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$1.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.39
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.11
Median
$0.18
Typical High
$0.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.55
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.22
Typical High
$0.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.17
Typical High
$0.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.11
Median
$0.11
Typical High
$0.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.59
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$0.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$0.24
Typical High
$0.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$0.18
Typical High
$0.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$0.12

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Oklahoma than in Delaware. 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.

Texas· 2nd of 51

$2.40

OK $3.31DE $1.10

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.