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Phenobarbital Injection

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $50.12 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
$50.12

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 114% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 8 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 $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$24.55 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $17 to $129Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $23 to $40
$5$10$20$50$100facility $50professional $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
$16.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$39.81
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$75.86
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$39.81
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$36.31

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 41st 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.