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Prednisolone Injection

Kentucky rates for HCPCS J2650

Injection, prednisolone acetate, up to 1 ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Prednisolone Injection cost?

$0.59per mL

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.59 for each mL of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.42 from a physician practice, and about $0.62 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 mL. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mL
In a doctor's office or clinic
$0.42
At a hospital outpatient department
$0.62

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 48% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 5 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$0.42$0.40 to $0.52
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.62$0.62 to $0.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.5$1facility $1professional $0

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
$0.40
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.59
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.44
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.52
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41,686.94
Median
$52,480.75
Typical High
$63,095.73
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.59
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.45
Typical High
$0.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.58
Median
$0.58
Typical High
$0.58

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Minnesota. 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.

Kentucky· 2nd of 51

$0.59

AK $0.68MN $0.19

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.