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Desmopressin Injection

Virginia 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 negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.55 for each mcg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.55 from a physician practice, and about $7.24 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
$3.55
At a hospital outpatient department
$7.24

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 104% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$3.55$3.47 to $3.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.24$5.37 to $9.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$2$5$10$20facility $7professional $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
$2.69
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$11.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$21.88
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.12
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.55
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
$1.82
Typical High
$1.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.54
Typical High
$0.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.37

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 43rd 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.