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Chloride Injection

Kentucky rates for HCPCS J3480

Injection, potassium chloride, per 2 mEq

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chloride Injection cost?

$0.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.13 from a physician practice, and about $0.15 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 5 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$0.15$0.15 to $2.04

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $5Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0facility $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
$0.13
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.13
Median
$0.13
Typical High
$0.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$0.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.13
Typical High
$0.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.11
Median
$0.11
Typical High
$0.18
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.11
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$0.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.13
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$0.12

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 55.0 times more in South Carolina than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Kentucky $0.15 · 43rd of 51
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.