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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 July 2026.

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

$1.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.45 from a physician practice, and about $1.55 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$1.45$1.29 to $1.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.55$1.20 to $5.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $28Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4
$1$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $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
$6.03
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$4.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$89,125.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.45
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.43
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$3.63
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.43
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$3.63
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$3.02
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.32

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 36th of 51

$1.45

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.