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Desmopressin Injection

Texas rates for HCPCS J2597 · Ddavp

Injection, desmopressin acetate, per 1 mcg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Desmopressin Injection cost?

$4.79per mcg

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for each mcg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 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
$3.47
At a hospital outpatient department
$6.03

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 74% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.47$3.39 to $3.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.03$3.98 to $8.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $13Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $4
$2$5$10$20facility $6professional $3

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
$5.13
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.89
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$26.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39
14 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
$2.75
Typical High
$3.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$1.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.55
Typical High
$0.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.54
Typical High
$0.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.39
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
JW · Drug discarded
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$28.18
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
JZ · No drug discarded
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$19.50
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$0.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.51
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.34
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$0.36

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 6th of 51

$4.79

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.