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Medroxyprogesterone Injection

Iowa rates for HCPCS J1050

Injection, medroxyprogesterone acetate, 1 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Medroxyprogesterone Injection cost?

$0.79per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.79 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.79 from a physician practice, and about $0.24 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

Work out the cost of a dose

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

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$0.79
At a hospital outpatient department
$0.24

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 70% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.79$0.62 to $1.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.24$0.24 to $0.52

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2
$0.2$1$5$20$100facility $0professional $1

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$1.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.19
Typical High
$0.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.39
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.46
Median
$0.54
Typical High
$0.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.48
Typical High
$0.51
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$0.24
Typical High
$0.24

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Delaware than in Texas. 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$0.79

DE $0.98TX $0.52

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.