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Phenobarbital Injection

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS J2560

Injection, phenobarbital sodium, up to 120 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Phenobarbital Injection cost?

$24.55per 120 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for each 120 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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
$37.15

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 58% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$23.44$23.44 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$23.44 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $23 to $182Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $23 to $40
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $37professional $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
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$24.55
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$81.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$38.90
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$6,918.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$39.81
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$426.58
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$81.28
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.02

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 45th of 51

$24.55

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.