How much does Methylprednisolone Acetate Injection, 80 mg cost?

$40.07per dose

One 97 mg dose, at the hospital outpatient rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Negotiated ratewhat insurers pay per 80 mg of the drug: $33.11 / 80 mg
Average doseacross Medicare claims, discarded units included: × 97 mg
One dosedrug only; giving it and the visit are billed separately: $40.07

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 80 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it. Prefilled with the average administration in Medicare claims, discarded units included.

Amount givenmg

At a hospital outpatient department: $40.15

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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $17 to $513

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
AllWays Health Partners Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $512.86 Median $512.86 Typical High $512.86	Facility	Global	$512.86	$512.86	$512.86
Health New England Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $16.60 Median $21.38 Typical High $85.11	Facility	Global	$16.60	$21.38	$85.11
Mass General Brigham Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $512.86 Median $512.86 Typical High $512.86	Facility	Global	$512.86	$512.86	$512.86

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 6025.6 times more in Kentucky than in Virginia. 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.

Massachusetts· 10th of 35

$33.11

KY $52,481VA $8.71

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.