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Acetazolamide Injection

Colorado rates for HCPCS J1120

Injection, acetazolamide sodium, up to 500 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Acetazolamide Injection cost?

$34.67per 500 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for each 500 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 500 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$28.18
At a hospital outpatient department
$43.65

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 55% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$28.18$28.18 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$33.88 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $30 to $72Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $25 to $31
$20$50$100facility $44professional $28

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
$28.18
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$48.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$56.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$58.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
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
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$4.90

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Alaska 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.

Colorado· 4th of 51

$34.67

AK $48.98OK $22.39

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.