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Chloride Injection

Colorado rates for HCPCS J3480

Injection, potassium chloride, per 2 mEq

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chloride Injection cost?

$0.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.13 from a physician practice, and about $0.34 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 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$0.13$0.13 to $0.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.34$0.24 to $1.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $8Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0
$0.1$0.5$2$10facility $0professional $0

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
$0.22
Median
$0.42
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.13
Median
$0.13
Typical High
$0.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.25
Typical High
$0.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.13
Median
$0.13
Typical High
$0.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.13
Median
$0.14
Typical High
$0.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.13
Median
$0.13
Typical High
$0.13
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$0.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$0.24
Typical High
$0.27
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.33
Typical High
$0.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$0.12

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 55.0 times more in South Carolina 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.

Colorado· 29th of 51

$0.27

SC $7.08VT $0.13

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.