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Pentobarbital Injection

New Mexico rates for HCPCS J2515

Injection, pentobarbital sodium, per 50 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pentobarbital Injection cost?

$60.26per 50 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for each 50 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $107 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
$42.66
At a hospital outpatient department
$107

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 151% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$42.66$41.69 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$41.69 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $23 to $363Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $42 to $60
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $107professional $43

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
$22.91
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$87.10
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 3rd of 51

$60.26

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.