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Phenobarbital Injection

South Carolina rates for HCPCS J2560

Injection, phenobarbital sodium, up to 120 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Phenobarbital Injection cost?

$38.02per 120 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for each 120 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $100 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
$28.84
At a hospital outpatient department
$100

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 247% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 5 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$28.84$24.55 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$41.69 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $25 to $269Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $25 to $41
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $100professional $29

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
$24.55
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$32.36

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 10th of 51

$38.02

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.