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Acetazolamide Injection

Iowa rates for HCPCS J1120

Injection, acetazolamide sodium, up to 500 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Acetazolamide Injection cost?

$24.55per 500 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for each 500 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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
$25.12
At a hospital outpatient department
$24.55

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 2% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$25.12$19.95 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$24.55 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $25 to $44Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $17 to $44
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $25

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
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$35.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$47.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$44.67
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.37

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 50th of 51

$24.55

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.