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Pentobarbital Injection

Iowa rates for HCPCS J2515

Injection, pentobarbital sodium, per 50 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pentobarbital Injection cost?

$42.66per 50 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for each 50 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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 50 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$51.29
At a hospital outpatient department
$42.66

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 17% less 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 7 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$51.29$40.74 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$42.66 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $41 to $51Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $29 to $55
$10$20$50$100facility $43professional $51

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
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$57.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$46.77
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Iowa· 16th of 51

$42.66

CO $70.79MT $26.30

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.