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Gold Thiomalate Injection

Illinois rates for HCPCS J1600

Injection, gold sodium thiomalate, up to 50 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Gold Thiomalate Injection cost?

$15.14per 50 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for each 50 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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
$14.45
At a hospital outpatient department
$28.84

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 100% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 5 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$14.45$13.49 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$14.45 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $13 to $60Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $13 to $34
$20$50$100$200$500facility $29professional $14

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
$13.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$151.36
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.78

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 29th of 51

$15.14

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.