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Triamcinolone Diacetate Injection

California rates for HCPCS J3302

Injection, triamcinolone diacetate, per 5 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Triamcinolone Diacetate Injection cost?

$0.28per 5 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.28 for each 5 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.28 from a physician practice, and about $0.33 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 5 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$0.28
At a hospital outpatient department
$0.33

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 17% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$0.28$0.28 to $0.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.33$0.28 to $0.59

How much rates vary

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

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
$0.23
Median
$0.23
Typical High
$0.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.24
Typical High
$0.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.32
Typical High
$0.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.91
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.02
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.48
Typical High
$1.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$3.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.29
Median
$0.29
Typical High
$0.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$0.93
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
$0.12
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$0.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02

Where California sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Kansas than in Utah. 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.

California· 40th of 51

$0.28

KS $1.00UT $0.23

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.