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Ustekinumab Subcutaneous Injection

Iowa rates for HCPCS J3357

Ustekinumab, for subcutaneous injection, 1 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ustekinumab Subcutaneous Injection cost?

$288per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $186 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 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$295
At a hospital outpatient department
$186

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 37% less 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$295$282 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$81.28 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $81 to $302Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $158 to $389
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $186professional $295

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
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$199.53
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$309.03
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Colorado than in North Carolina. 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.

Iowa· 41st of 51

$288

CO $479NC $178

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.