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Hydrocortisone Acetate Injection

Arizona rates for HCPCS J1700

Injection, hydrocortisone acetate, up to 25 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hydrocortisone Acetate Injection cost?

$1.05per 25 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.05 for each 25 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.36 from a physician practice, and about $1.82 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 25 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$0.36
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.82

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 401% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.36$0.36 to $1.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.82$1.12 to $4.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.5$1$2$5facility $2professional $0

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
$1.35
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.07
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$5.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.36
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
$0.52
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.21
Typical High
$0.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.16
Median
$0.16
Typical High
$0.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.10
Median
$0.10
Typical High
$0.10

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 27.5 times more in Kansas 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.

Arizona· 8th of 51

$1.05

KS $7.76NY $0.28

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.