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Desmopressin Injection

Alabama rates for HCPCS J2597 · Ddavp

Injection, desmopressin acetate, per 1 mcg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Desmopressin Injection cost?

$3.55per mcg

Typical physician fee. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.55 for each mcg of this drug. Most negotiated rates run $3.39 to $3.55.

Work out the cost of a dose

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

mcg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$3.55

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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $5Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $4
$5$10$20facility $4professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
12
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39
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
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$0.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.36

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Oklahoma than in Maryland. 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.

Alabama· 40th of 51

$3.55

OK $13.49MD $3.39

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.