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Ustekinumab Subcutaneous Injection

Louisiana rates for HCPCS J3357

Ustekinumab, for subcutaneous injection, 1 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ustekinumab Subcutaneous Injection cost?

$347per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $166 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
$347
At a hospital outpatient department
$166

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 52% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 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$347$295 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$79.43 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $79 to $490Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $288 to $347
$100$200$500facility $166professional $347

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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 5th of 51

$347

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.