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Normal Saline Solution (500 Ml=1 unit) Infusion

South Carolina 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.41 from a physician practice, and about $120 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$1.41$1.38 to $3.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$34.67 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $2 to $209Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $22
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $120professional $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
$2.19
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$21.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$3.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.35
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$6.17
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

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 1st of 51

$43.65

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.