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Penicillin G Injection

Alabama 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?

$0.66per 600000 units

Typical physician fee. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.66 for each 600000 units of this drug. Most negotiated rates run $0.65 to $0.68.

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
$0.65

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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$1$2facility $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
12
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.66
Typical High
$0.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$2.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.68
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$0.32
Typical High
$0.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.13
Median
$0.13
Typical High
$0.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.10
Median
$0.10
Typical High
$0.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.06
Median
$0.06
Typical High
$0.06

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.7 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.

Alabama· 48th of 51

$0.66

TX $1.66WY $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.