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Gold Thiomalate Injection

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS J1600

Injection, gold sodium thiomalate, up to 50 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Gold Thiomalate Injection cost?

$16.98per 50 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for each 50 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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
$13.18
At a hospital outpatient department
$25.70

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 95% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 7 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$13.18$11.22 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$16.98 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $13 to $50Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $30
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $26professional $13

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
$13.18
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$18.62
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$33.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$33.88
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$97.72
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$23.99

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 21st of 51

$16.98

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.