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5% Dextrose/Normal Saline Infusion

Louisiana rates for HCPCS J7042

5% Dextrose/Normal Saline (500 Ml = 1 Unit)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does 5% Dextrose/Normal Saline Infusion cost?

$1.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.29 from a physician practice, and about $3.24 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.29$1.20 to $1.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.24$1.51 to $10.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $11Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2
$2$5$10facility $3professional $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
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.23
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.51
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.51
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$3.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$3.63
4 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$0.25
Typical High
$0.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$0.18
Typical High
$0.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$0.12

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Texas than in Oklahoma. 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.

Louisiana· 8th of 51

$1.51

TX $3.72OK $1.10

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.