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Hydrocortisone Acetate Injection

California rates for HCPCS J1700

Injection, hydrocortisone acetate, up to 25 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hydrocortisone Acetate Injection cost?

$0.65per 25 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.65 for each 25 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.65 from a physician practice, and about $1.07 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
$0.65
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.07

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 66% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.65$0.31 to $1.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.07$0.52 to $1.45

How much rates vary

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

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
$1.07
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$0.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$9.55
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.66
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.66
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$1.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$1.00
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
$0.54
Median
$0.54
Typical High
$0.54
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
$0.11
Median
$0.11
Typical High
$0.11

Where California 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.

California· 37th of 51

$0.65

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.