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Promethazine, Oral

Iowa rates for HCPCS Q0169

Promethazine HCl, 12.5 mg, oral, FDA-approved prescription antiemetic, for use as a complete therapeutic substitute for an IV antiemetic at the time of chemotherapy treatment, not to exceed a 48-hour dosage regimen

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Promethazine, Oral cost?

$0.09

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.09 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.09 from a physician practice, and about $0.08 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 8 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$0.09$0.08 to $0.09
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.08$0.06 to $0.09

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0
$0.1$1$10facility $0professional $0

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
$0.08
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.79
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$9.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$1.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$64.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$1.51
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.06
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$1.82
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.09
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.06
Median
$0.06
Typical High
$0.06
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.06
Typical High
$0.06

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Minnesota than in Maine. 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.

Iowa· 16th of 51

$0.09

MN $0.48ME $0.07

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.