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Phenobarbital Injection

Colorado rates for HCPCS J2560

Injection, phenobarbital sodium, up to 120 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Phenobarbital Injection cost?

$48.98per 120 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for each 120 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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 120 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$23.44
At a hospital outpatient department
$58.88

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 151% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 7 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$23.44$23.44 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$42.66 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $31 to $91Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $23 to $29
$20$50$100$200facility $59professional $23

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
$23.44
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$47.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$50.12
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Delaware than in Vermont. 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· 3rd of 51

$48.98

DE $79.43VT $23.44

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.