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Minocycline Injection

Colorado rates for HCPCS J2265 · Minocin

Injection, minocycline HCl, 1 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Minocin (minocycline hydrochloride) cost?

$3.31per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.31 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.69 from a physician practice, and about $4.37 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
$4.37

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 62% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 7 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 $2.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.37$3.31 to $5.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $3
$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
$2.57
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$5.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$7.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.63
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
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
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$2.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.51
Median
$0.51
Typical High
$1.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.51

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$3.31

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.