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Papaverine Injection

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS J2440

Injection, papaverine HCl, up to 60 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Papaverine Injection cost?

$38.02per 60 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for each 60 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 60 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$38.02
At a hospital outpatient department
$52.48

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 38% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$38.02$37.15 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$42.66 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $5 to $117Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $2 to $52
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $52professional $38

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
$1.70
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$125.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$47.86
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$45.71
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$125.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$63.10
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$79.43
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$45.71
4 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 20.4 times more in Arizona than in Hawaii. 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.

Massachusetts· 19th of 51

$38.02

AZ $60.26HI $2.95

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.