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Normal Saline Solution (500 Ml=1 unit) Infusion

Virginia 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?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.35 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$1.35$1.35 to $1.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$7.08 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $2 to $191Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $26professional $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
$1.58
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$3.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$2.29
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$3.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.35
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$8.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.08
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$4.79
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.35

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 10th of 51

$8.91

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.