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Normal Saline Solution (500 Ml=1 unit) Infusion

Tennessee 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.35 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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 5 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 $1.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$6.76 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $2 to $129Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $35professional $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
$36.31
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$2.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.35
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$5.13

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 8th of 51

$9.77

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.