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Chloride Injection

Louisiana rates for HCPCS J3480

Injection, potassium chloride, per 2 mEq

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Chloride Injection cost?

$0.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.14 from a physician practice, and about $0.26 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.14$0.13 to $0.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.26$0.12 to $1.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $2Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0
$0.2$0.5$1facility $0professional $0

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
$0.14
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$0.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$0.14
Typical High
$0.14
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$0.12
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$0.12
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$1.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$0.14
Typical High
$0.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.13
Median
$0.13
Typical High
$1.12
3 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
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Oklahoma than in Maryland. 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.

Louisiana· 39th of 51

$0.14

OK $0.60MD $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.