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Papaverine Injection

Texas rates for HCPCS J2440

Injection, papaverine HCl, up to 60 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Papaverine Injection cost?

$45.71per 60 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for each 60 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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
$37.15
At a hospital outpatient department
$64.57

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 74% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$37.15$37.15 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$38.02 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $13 to $126Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $36 to $38
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $65professional $37

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
$37.15
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$208.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$323.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
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
$18.62
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 4th of 51

$45.71

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.