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Penicillin G Injection

North Carolina rates for HCPCS J2540 · Pfizerpen

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Penicillin G Injection cost?

$0.81per 600000 units

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.81 for each 600000 units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.76 from a physician practice, and about $1.45 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 600000 units. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

units
In a doctor's office or clinic
$0.76
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.45

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 91% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$0.76$0.76 to $1.32
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.45$0.78 to $3.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $7Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2
$1$2$5$10$20facility $1professional $1

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
$0.69
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$1.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.68
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$1.00
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Delaware 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.

North Carolina· 20th of 51

$0.81

DE $1.95WY $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.