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5% Dextrose/Normal Saline Infusion

Nebraska 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?

$1.35

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.35 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.29 from a physician practice, and about $1.38 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$1.29$1.26 to $1.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.38$1.29 to $1.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$1$2facility $1professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.29
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.45
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$6.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$2.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$4.27

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 17th of 51

$1.35

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.