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Dexamethasone 9% Injection

Arizona rates for HCPCS J1095

Injection, dexamethasone 9%, intraocular, 1 mcg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Dexamethasone 9% Injection cost?

$1.82per mcg

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.82 for each mcg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.15 from a physician practice, and about $3.72 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

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

mcg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$1.15
At a hospital outpatient department
$3.72

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 224% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.15$1.15 to $1.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.72$1.82 to $5.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $1 to $6Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$1$2$5facility $4professional $1

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
$1.48
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.32
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$6.76
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$1.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$1.15
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
$0.56
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.22
Typical High
$0.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.17
Typical High
$0.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.11
Median
$0.11
Typical High
$0.11

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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.

Arizona· 2nd of 51

$1.82

AK $1.86HI $1.10

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.