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Hydrocortisone Acetate Injection

Missouri rates for HCPCS J1700

Injection, hydrocortisone acetate, up to 25 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hydrocortisone Acetate Injection cost?

$0.65per 25 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 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 $0.36 from a physician practice, and about $1.02 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
$0.36
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.02

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 182% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.36$0.28 to $1.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.02$1.02 to $1.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.5$2$10$50facility $1professional $0

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
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.27
Median
$0.27
Typical High
$0.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$0.14
Typical High
$0.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.36

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 47th of 51

$0.65

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.