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5% Dextrose/Normal Saline Infusion

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS J7042

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$1.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.29 from a physician practice, and about $1.78 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 9 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$1.29$1.29 to $1.35
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.78$1.29 to $3.16

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $9Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $2professional $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
$0.83
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.35
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$14.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$3.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$2.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$5.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.41
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$6,918.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$2.14
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$7.76
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$14.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$3.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$3.63

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 11.5 times more in Utah than in Alabama. 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.

Massachusetts· 50th of 51

$1.29

UT $14.79AL $1.29

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.