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Pentobarbital Injection

Nebraska rates for HCPCS J2515

Injection, pentobarbital sodium, per 50 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pentobarbital Injection cost?

$40.74per 50 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for each 50 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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
$40.74
At a hospital outpatient department
$72.44

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 78% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 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$40.74$40.74 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$37.15 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $26 to $117Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $41 to $52
$20$50$100$200facility $72professional $41

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
$81.28
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$42.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 48th of 51

$40.74

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.