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5% Dextrose/Normal Saline Infusion

Minnesota 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?

$1.32

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.32 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.32 from a physician practice, and about $2.63 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 6 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$1.32$1.26 to $1.32
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.63$1.95 to $3.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $9Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $3professional $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
$1.29
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$4.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$1.66
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$5.01
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$43.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$2.51

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 11.5 times more in Utah than in Alabama. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Minnesota $1.32 · 45th of 51
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.