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Buprenorphine Extended-Release, up to 100 mg (Sublocade)

Minnesota rates for HCPCS Q9991

Injection, buprenorphine extended-release (Sublocade), less than or equal to 100 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Sublocade (buprenorphine) cost?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,995 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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$1,995$1,995 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$2,570 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $2,692
$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $1,995

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,691.53
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,585.78
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
8 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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$213.80

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Alaska than in Oklahoma. 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· 18th of 51

$2,138

AK $3,548OK $1,778

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.