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Alprostadil Urethral Suppository

Louisiana rates for HCPCS J0275

Alprostadil urethral suppository (code may be used for Medicare when drug administered under the direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self-administered)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Alprostadil Urethral Suppository cost?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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$70.79$48.98 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$70.79 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $49 to $71Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $26 to $71
$0.1$1$10$100facility $71professional $71

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
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$74.13
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
$20.89
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Wisconsin 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.

Louisiana· 5th of 51

$70.79

WI $70.79NY $22.91

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.