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Penicillin G Injection

Alaska rates for HCPCS J2540 · Pfizerpen

Injection, penicillin G potassium, up to 600,000 units

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Penicillin G Injection cost?

$1.17per 600000 units

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.17 for each 600000 units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.78 from a physician practice, and about $1.35 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 600000 units. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

units
In a doctor's office or clinic
$0.78
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.35

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 74% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.78$0.65 to $1.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.35$1.17 to $5.37

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $7Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2
$1$2$5$10facility $1professional $1

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$2.04
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.35
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.70
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.86

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Texas than in Wyoming. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$1.17

TX $1.58WY $0.62

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.