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Normal Saline Solution (500 Ml=1 unit) Infusion

Maine 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?

$1.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.38 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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$1.38$1.35 to $1.41
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$3.16 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $1 to $91Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $12professional $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
$1.41
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$1.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
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
$3.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.35
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.66
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$89.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.86

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 39th of 51

$1.66

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.