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Promethazine, Oral

Minnesota 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?

$0.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.38 from a physician practice, and about $0.72 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$0.38$0.10 to $0.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.72$0.10 to $1.05

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.1$1$10facility $1professional $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
$0.10
Median
$0.10
Typical High
$0.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.10
Typical High
$0.10
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.47
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$1.05
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.42
Median
$0.48
Typical High
$0.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$3.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.48
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$2.63
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.14
Typical High
$0.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.12
6 more rates 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$0.38

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.