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5% Dextrose/Normal Saline Infusion

North Carolina 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?

$3.02

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.48 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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 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$1.48$1.26 to $2.09
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$2.69 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $1 to $35Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$1$10$100facility $18professional $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
$18.20
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$3.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$3.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.82
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 9th of 51

$3.02

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.