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Etidronate Disodium Injection

Minnesota rates for HCPCS J1436

Injection, etidronate disodium, per 300 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Etidronate Disodium Injection cost?

$81.28per 300 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for each 300 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $112 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
$79.43
At a hospital outpatient department
$112

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 41% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$79.43$74.13 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$81.28 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $79 to $204Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $63 to $93
$100$200facility $112professional $79

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
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$93.33
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$151.36
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
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 12th of 51

$81.28

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.