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Pentobarbital Injection

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, 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 $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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
$70.79

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 66% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$42.66$42.66 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$42.66 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $43 to $158Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $43 to $43
$50$100$200facility $71professional $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
$42.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$186.21
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$112.20
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$123.03
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 21st 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.