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Pentobarbital Injection

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, 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 $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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
$33.88
At a hospital outpatient department
$53.70

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 58% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$33.88$22.39 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$47.86 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $43 to $126Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $22 to $50
$10$100$1Kfacility $54professional $34

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
$42.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$173.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$67.61
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$47.86
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$173.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$53.70

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 34th 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.