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Pentazocine Injection

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS J3070

Injection, pentazocine, 30 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Pentazocine Injection cost?

$123per 30 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for each 30 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $129 from a hospital or other facility.

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
$107
At a hospital outpatient department
$129

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 20% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$107$105 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$107 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $7 to $245Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $105 to $182
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $129professional $107

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$141.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$141.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.9 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.

Massachusetts· 17th of 51

$123

AK $166MT $42.66

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.