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Methylnaltrexone Injection

Iowa rates for HCPCS J2212

Injection, methylnaltrexone, 0.1 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Methylnaltrexone Injection cost?

$1.55per 0.1 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.55 for each 0.1 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.62 from a physician practice, and about $1.55 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 0.1 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$1.62
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.55

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 5% less 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 7 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$1.62$1.51 to $1.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.55$1.55 to $1.62

How much rates vary

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

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
$1.51
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$3.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.47
Typical High
$0.47
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$1.51
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$1.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$1.66
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$1.55

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. 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.

Iowa· 39th of 51

$1.55

CO $2.69KY $0.91

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.