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Pentazocine Injection

Iowa rates for HCPCS J3070

Injection, pentazocine, 30 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pentazocine Injection cost?

$105per 30 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for each 30 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 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 30 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$110
At a hospital outpatient department
$100

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 9% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$110$97.72 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$97.72 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $33 to $372Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $98 to $166
$1$5$20$100$500facility $100professional $110

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
$194.98
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$128.82

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 35th of 51

$105

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.