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Piperacillin/Tazobactam Injection

Iowa 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?

$1.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.20 from a physician practice, and about $1.10 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$1.20$1.12 to $1.82
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.10$1.10 to $2.04

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2
$1$2$5$10facility $1professional $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
$1.23
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$2.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$1.66
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$8.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$7.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$4.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$1.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.15
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.10
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$0.30
Typical High
$0.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.20
Typical High
$0.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$1.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$0.33
Typical High
$0.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$0.25
Typical High
$0.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.16
Typical High
$0.20

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 48th of 51

$1.17

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.