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Hydrocortisone Acetate Injection

California rates for HCPCS J1700

Injection, hydrocortisone acetate, up to 25 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hydrocortisone Acetate Injection cost?

$1.07per 25 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.07 for each 25 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.07 from a physician practice, and about $0.37 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 25 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$1.07
At a hospital outpatient department
$0.37

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 65% less 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 9 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$1.07$0.89 to $1.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.37$0.36 to $1.58

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $3Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $2
$0.5$1$2$5$10facility $0professional $1

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
$1.07
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$0.37
Typical High
$0.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.78
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.66
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.66
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$1.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$1.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.98

Where California sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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· 22nd of 51

$1.07

AK $1.74HI $0.32

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.