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Minocycline Injection

South Carolina rates for HCPCS J2265 · Minocin

Injection, minocycline HCl, 1 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Minocin (minocycline hydrochloride) cost?

$2.63per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.63 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.63 from a physician practice, and about $2.04 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 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$2.63
At a hospital outpatient department
$2.04

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 22% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 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$2.63$2.45 to $2.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.04$1.07 to $2.63

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $10Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$0.2$0.5$1$2$5$10facility $2professional $3

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
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$2.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.47
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$4.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.95

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.8 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.

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$2.63

CO $4.47KY $1.62

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.