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Piperacillin/Tazobactam Injection

Colorado rates for HCPCS J2543 · Zosyn

Injection, piperacillin sodium/tazobactam sodium, 1 g/0.125 g (1.125 g)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Piperacillin/Tazobactam Injection cost?

$1.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.23 from a physician practice, and about $1.86 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.23$1.23 to $1.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.86$1.45 to $2.24

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$1$2$5facility $2professional $1

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$3.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$1.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.23
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$6.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.91
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$2.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.57
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$1.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.10
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
$0.62
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$0.24
Typical High
$0.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$0.18
Typical High
$0.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$0.22

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Texas than in Maryland. 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.

Colorado· 10th of 51

$1.51

TX $4.17MD $1.10

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.