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Minocycline Injection

California rates for HCPCS J2265 · Minocin

Injection, minocycline HCl, 1 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Minocin (minocycline hydrochloride) cost?

$2.69per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.69 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.69 from a physician practice, and about $3.98 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$2.69
At a hospital outpatient department
$3.98

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 48% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.69$2.63 to $2.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.98$2.88 to $5.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$1$2$5$10facility $4professional $3

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
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$9.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$5.25
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$4.79
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$6.17
Central California Alliance for Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.94
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$7.41
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$6.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$7.24
4 more rates 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
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.27
Median
$0.27
Typical High
$0.27

Where California sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in Arizona 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.

California· 23rd of 51

$2.69

AZ $4.37HI $2.40

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.