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5% Dextrose/Normal Saline Infusion

Rhode Island 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?

$1.35

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.35 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.35 from a physician practice, and about $1.45 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 4 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$1.35$1.32 to $1.35
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.45$1.32 to $4.17

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $43Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$2$5$10$20facility $1professional $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
$1.45
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$2.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$4.27

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 42nd of 51

$1.35

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.