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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 July 2026.

How much does Promethazine, Oral cost?

$0.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.48 from a physician practice, and about $0.95 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 6 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$0.48$0.38 to $0.52
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.95$0.48 to $1.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $3Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.05$0.1$0.2$0.5$1$2facility $1professional $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
$0.10
Median
$0.10
Typical High
$0.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$1.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.42
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$3.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.48
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$2.63
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.51
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$0.12

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$0.48

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.