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Pentobarbital Injection

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, 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 $44.67 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
$44.67

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 5% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 4 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 $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$44.67 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $43 to $166Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $43 to $46
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $45professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
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
$37.15
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 35th 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.