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Ustekinumab Intravenous Injection

Nebraska rates for HCPCS J3358 · Stelara

Ustekinumab, for intravenous injection, 1 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stelara (ustekinumab) cost?

$16.98per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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
$19.50
At a hospital outpatient department
$14.13

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 28% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 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$19.50$11.75 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$11.75 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $12 to $27Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $12 to $35
$10.0$50.0$200.0$1.0Kfacility $14professional $19

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
$11.75
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$20.42

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Delaware than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Nebraska $16.98 · 5th of 51
DE $31.62ND $11.75

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.