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Hormone Pellet Placement Under The Skin

Wyoming rates for HCPCS 11980

A small hormone pellet, such as testosterone or estrogen, is inserted just beneath the skin through a tiny incision, where it slowly releases hormone into the body over an extended period. This offers an alternative to daily pills, patches, or regular injections for hormone therapy.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hormone Pellet Placement Under The Skin cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $427 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$129$107 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$302 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $224 to $427Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $83 to $224
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $427professional $129

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$288.40

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Wyoming· 5th of 51

$155

AK $245NY $77.62

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.