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Ustekinumab Intravenous Injection

Illinois rates for HCPCS J3358 · Stelara

Ustekinumab, for intravenous injection, 1 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Stelara (ustekinumab) cost?

$12.30per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 from a hospital or other facility.

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
$11.75
At a hospital outpatient department
$21.88

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 86% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.75$11.48 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$15.85 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $11 to $52Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $11 to $22
$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $12

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
$11.48
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$37.15
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.30
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
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.15

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in Alaska than in Georgia. 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.

Illinois· 23rd of 51

$12.30

AK $20.89GA $11.48

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.