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Leuprolide Injection

North Carolina rates for HCPCS J1950 · Lupron Depot-PED, Lupron Depot

Injection, leuprolide acetate (for depot suspension), per 3.75 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Leuprolide Injection cost?

$2,138per 3.75 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for each 3.75 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 3.75 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$1,820
At a hospital outpatient department
$3,020

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 66% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 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$1,820$1,479 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,950 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $4,169Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $2,884
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $1,820

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
$1,479.11
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,290.87
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Washington, DC than in Oklahoma. 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.

North Carolina· 15th of 51

$2,138

DC $3,311OK $1,698

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.