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Dexamethasone 9% Injection

South Carolina rates for HCPCS J1095

Injection, dexamethasone 9%, intraocular, 1 mcg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Dexamethasone 9% Injection cost?

$1.17per mcg

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

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

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 23% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.17$1.12 to $1.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.45$1.12 to $2.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2
$1$2$5facility $1professional $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
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$4.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.17
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.51
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$1.26

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Colorado than in Oklahoma. 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.

South Carolina· 18th of 51

$1.17

CO $1.91OK $1.12

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.