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Hydrocortisone Acetate Injection

Texas 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 Texas, 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 $1.17 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
$1.17

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 10% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 8 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$1.02 to $1.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.17$1.07 to $2.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1professional $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
$1.02
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$4.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.49
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.51
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$0.98
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$2.04
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$0.32
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.36
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.87

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 27th 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.