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5% Dextrose/Normal Saline Infusion

Montana 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?

$1.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.32 from a physician practice, and about $1.51 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

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$1.51$1.45 to $1.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2
$0.5$1$2$5facility $2professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.82
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.45
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.66
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$1.66
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$3.02
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.29

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 10th of 51

$1.45

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.