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Prednisolone Injection

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS J2650

Injection, prednisolone acetate, up to 1 ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Prednisolone Injection cost?

$0.43per mL

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.43 for each mL of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.43 from a physician practice, and about $0.69 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
$0.43
At a hospital outpatient department
$0.69

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 62% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 7 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$0.43$0.43 to $0.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.69$0.52 to $1.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $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
$0.43
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$1.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.43
Median
$0.43
Typical High
$0.55
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.48
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.48
Typical High
$0.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.52
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$0.60
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.17
Typical High
$0.17
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.43
Median
$0.66
Typical High
$1.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.43
Median
$0.43
Typical High
$1.26
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.20
Typical High
$0.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.58
Median
$0.58
Typical High
$0.79

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 41st of 51

$0.43

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.