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Methyldopate Injection

Louisiana rates for HCPCS J0210

Injection, methyldopate HCl, up to 250 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Methyldopate Injection cost?

$43.65per 250 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for each 250 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $47.86 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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
$47.86
At a hospital outpatient department
$43.65

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 9% less 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$47.86$42.66 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$43.65 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $44 to $44Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $43 to $50
$50facility $44professional $48

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
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$52.48
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
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$43.65

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.