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Dexamethasone 9% Injection

Colorado rates for HCPCS J1095

Injection, dexamethasone 9%, intraocular, 1 mcg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Dexamethasone 9% Injection cost?

$1.45per mcg

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.45 for each mcg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.17 from a physician practice, and about $1.91 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
$1.17
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.91

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 62% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.17$1.15 to $1.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.91$1.45 to $2.19

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$1$2$5facility $2professional $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
$1.10
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$3.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.17
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.58
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.23
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
$0.55
Median
$0.55
Typical High
$0.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.22
Typical High
$0.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.17
Typical High
$0.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.11
Median
$0.11
Typical High
$0.22

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$1.45

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.