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Methyldopate Injection

California rates for HCPCS J0210

Injection, methyldopate HCl, up to 250 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Methyldopate Injection cost?

$42.66per 250 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for each 250 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 250 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$42.66
At a hospital outpatient department
$45.71

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 7% more at a hospital than at a doctor's office.

Drug cost only. Giving the drug, the visit itself and any monitoring are billed on their own codes. We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$42.66$40.74 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$40.74 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $40 to $100Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $40 to $112
$0.1$1$10$100facility $46professional $43

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
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$128.82
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$83.18
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$114.82
Central California Alliance for Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$112.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$114.82
4 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98

Where California sits

The same service costs 15.1 times more in Alabama than in Montana. 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.

California· 26th of 51

$42.66

AL $229MT $15.14

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.