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Hydrocortisone Acetate Injection

Louisiana rates for HCPCS J1700

Injection, hydrocortisone acetate, up to 25 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hydrocortisone Acetate Injection cost?

$1.23per 25 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.23 for each 25 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.65 from a physician practice, and about $1.23 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
$1.23

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 91% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.65$0.36 to $1.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.23$1.23 to $1.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.5$1facility $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
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.29
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.23
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$1.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.38
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
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.19
Median
$0.19
Typical High
$0.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.13
Median
$0.13
Typical High
$0.13

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 2nd of 51

$1.23

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.