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Desmopressin Injection

Minnesota rates for HCPCS J2597 · Ddavp

Injection, desmopressin acetate, per 1 mcg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Desmopressin Injection cost?

$3.63per mcg

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.63 for each mcg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.63 from a physician practice, and about $6.03 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
$3.63
At a hospital outpatient department
$6.03

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 66% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.63$3.39 to $3.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.03$3.55 to $8.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$5$10$20facility $6professional $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
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.63
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$10.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.57
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$13.18
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$19.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$6.31
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
$1.78
Typical High
$1.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$0.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.52
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$0.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.37

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 37th of 51

$3.63

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.