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Penicillin G Injection

New York 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?

$0.78per 600000 units

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.78 for each 600000 units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.68 from a physician practice, and about $0.95 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
$0.95

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 41% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 9 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$0.95$0.76 to $1.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2Professionalmedian $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
$0.68
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$1.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.74
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$1.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$4.57
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$2.45
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.74
Median
$0.74
Typical High
$1.45
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.83
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.81
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$3.16
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$0.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$3.16
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.93
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.95

Where New York 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.

New York· 26th of 51

$0.78

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.