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Ustekinumab Subcutaneous Injection

North Carolina rates for HCPCS J3357

Ustekinumab, for subcutaneous injection, 1 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ustekinumab Subcutaneous Injection cost?

$178per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $295 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
$155
At a hospital outpatient department
$295

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 91% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 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$155$155 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$155 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $155 to $339Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $155 to $339
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $295professional $155

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
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 51st of 51

$178

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.