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Pentobarbital Injection

North Carolina rates for HCPCS J2515

Injection, pentobarbital sodium, per 50 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pentobarbital Injection cost?

$51.29per 50 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for each 50 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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
$50.12

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 2% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 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$41.69 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$42.66 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $22 to $58Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $26 to $54
$20$50$100facility $50professional $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
$21.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$54.95
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 6th of 51

$51.29

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.