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Normal Saline Solution (500 Ml=1 unit) Infusion

Arizona rates for HCPCS J7040

Infusion, normal saline solution, sterile (500 ml=1 unit)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Normal Saline Solution (500 Ml=1 unit) Infusion cost?

$2.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.38 from a physician practice, and about $4.17 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.38$1.35 to $1.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.17$2.14 to $6.17

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $1 to $7Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2
$1$2$5$10facility $4professional $1

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
$1.48
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$2.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$1.62
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.41
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$5.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$1.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.35
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
$0.76
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.30
Typical High
$0.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.22
Typical High
$0.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$0.15

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Wyoming than in Maine. 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.

Arizona· 3rd of 51

$2.14

WY $4.27ME $1.35

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.