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Normal Saline Solution (500 Ml=1 unit) Infusion

Texas rates for HCPCS J7040

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$1.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.35 from a physician practice, and about $4.68 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.35$1.35 to $1.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.68$1.70 to $8.91

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $1 to $11Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $10
$1$2$5$10facility $5professional $1

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.48
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.35
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$10.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$2.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$1.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$11.48
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.35
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.29
12 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.27
Median
$0.43
Typical High
$0.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.32
Typical High
$0.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$0.21
Typical High
$0.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.27
Median
$0.27
Typical High
$0.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.20
Typical High
$0.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$0.14
Typical High
$0.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$0.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.27
Median
$0.27
Typical High
$0.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.21
Typical High
$0.21
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$0.14
Typical High
$0.14

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Wyoming than in Maine. 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.

Texas· 5th of 51

$1.91

WY $4.27ME $1.35

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.