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Penicillin G Injection

Nevada 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?

$0.71per 600000 units

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.71 for each 600000 units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.68 from a physician practice, and about $1.10 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
$0.68
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.10

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 62% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$0.68$0.68 to $0.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.10$0.68 to $1.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2
$1$2facility $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
$0.68
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$2.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$2.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$2.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.68
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$1.05
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.78

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 41st of 51

$0.71

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.