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Hydrocortisone Acetate Injection

Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin, 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 $0.49 from a physician practice, and about $1.82 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
$0.49
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.82

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 272% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.49$0.36 to $0.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.82$1.02 to $2.00

How much rates vary

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

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
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$2.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.21
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$3.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.10
Median
$0.10
Typical High
$2.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$0.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$0.95
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$1.02
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$1.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.49
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$1.02
Prevea360
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.26
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.65
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.49
1 more rate 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
$0.52
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.52

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 38th 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.