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Phenobarbital Injection

North Carolina rates for HCPCS J2560

Injection, phenobarbital sodium, up to 120 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Phenobarbital Injection cost?

$38.90per 120 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for each 120 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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
$38.90
At a hospital outpatient department
$39.81

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 2% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 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$38.90$28.84 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$33.11 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $28 to $93Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $5 to $76
$0.2$1$5$20$100facility $40professional $39

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
$28.18
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$47.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.02
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 8th of 51

$38.90

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.