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Normal Saline Solution (500 Ml=1 unit) Infusion

Connecticut rates for HCPCS J7040

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$3.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.35 from a physician practice, and about $4.17 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 6 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$1.35$1.35 to $1.41
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.17$2.24 to $8.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $15Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4professional $1

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
$2.00
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$1.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$3.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.35
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$1.70
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$7.76

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 31.6 times more in South Carolina than in Rhode Island. 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.

Connecticut· 21st of 51

$3.55

SC $43.65RI $1.38

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.