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Promethazine, Oral

Illinois 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 October 2026.

How much does Promethazine, Oral cost?

$0.08

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.08 from a physician practice, and about $1.55 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$0.08$0.08 to $0.09
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.55$0.18 to $2.63

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $0 to $5Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0
$0.1$0.2$0.5$1$2$5$10facility $2professional $0

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
$0.08
Median
$0.11
Typical High
$0.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.18
Typical High
$0.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.12
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.11
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.09

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 14.8 times more in Montana than in Hawaii. 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.

Illinois· 45th of 51

$0.08

MT $1.05HI $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.