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Etidronate Disodium Injection

California rates for HCPCS J1436

Injection, etidronate disodium, per 300 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Etidronate Disodium Injection cost?

$69.18per 300 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for each 300 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 300 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$69.18
At a hospital outpatient department
$77.62

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 12% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$69.18$69.18 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$67.61 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $68 to $115Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $68 to $145
$100$200facility $78professional $69

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
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$141.25
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$204.17
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
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76

Where California sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Alabama than in New York. 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.

California· 44th of 51

$69.18

AL $120NY $64.57

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.