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5% Dextrose/Normal Saline Infusion

Missouri 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?

$2.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.32 from a physician practice, and about $5.89 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 5 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$1.29 to $1.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.89$3.09 to $14.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $1 to $38Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $6professional $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
$1.32
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$4.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$3.39
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$2.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$2.40

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 17th of 51

$2.24

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.