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Desmopressin Injection

Iowa rates for HCPCS J2597 · Ddavp

Injection, desmopressin acetate, per 1 mcg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Desmopressin Injection cost?

$3.89per mcg

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.89 for each mcg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 from a physician practice, and about $3.39 from a hospital or other facility.

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
$3.89
At a hospital outpatient department
$3.39

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 13% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.89$3.55 to $6.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.39$3.39 to $6.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$1$2$5$10$20facility $3professional $4

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
$3.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$7.94
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$26.92
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.72
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$2.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$1.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.51
Typical High
$1.00

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 22nd of 51

$3.89

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.