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Pentazocine Injection

Colorado rates for HCPCS J3070

Injection, pentazocine, 30 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pentazocine Injection cost?

$97.72per 30 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for each 30 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $0.02 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 30 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$97.72
At a hospital outpatient department
$0.02

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 100% less 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$97.72$97.72 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.02$0.02 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $224Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $98 to $123
$0.1$1$10$100facility $0professional $98

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
$97.72
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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· 47th of 51

$97.72

AK $166MT $47.86

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.