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Normal Saline Solution (500 Ml=1 unit) Infusion

Iowa 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?

$2.34

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.34 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.82 from a physician practice, and about $4.47 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 8 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$1.82$1.35 to $3.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.47$1.35 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $1 to $102Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4
$1$10$100facility $4professional $2

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
$2.40
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$1.74
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.91
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$11.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$2.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.62
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.38
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.35

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 29th of 51

$2.34

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.