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Gold Thiomalate Injection

Iowa rates for HCPCS J1600

Injection, gold sodium thiomalate, up to 50 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Gold Thiomalate Injection cost?

$17.38per 50 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for each 50 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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 50 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$17.38
At a hospital outpatient department
$21.38

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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$17.38$12.59 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$12.59 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $13 to $48Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $32
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $17

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
$12.59
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.90
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$35.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$30.20
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$18.62

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Kentucky than in Colorado. 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· 16th of 51

$17.38

KY $34.67CO $11.22

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.