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Desmopressin Injection

Alabama rates for HCPCS J2597 · Ddavp

Injection, desmopressin acetate, per 1 mcg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Desmopressin Injection cost?

$3.39per mcg

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.39 for each mcg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.39 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 mcg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mcg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$3.39
At a hospital outpatient department
$245

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 7144% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 4 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$3.39$3.39 to $3.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$219 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $4 to $339Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $4
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $245professional $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
$3.39
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in West Virginia 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· 50th of 51

$3.39

WV $14.79MD $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.