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Ustekinumab Intravenous Injection

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS J3358 · Stelara

Ustekinumab, for intravenous injection, 1 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Stelara (ustekinumab) cost?

$11.75per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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
$11.48
At a hospital outpatient department
$13.18

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 15% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.48$11.48 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$11.48 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $33Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $11 to $14
$10$20facility $13professional $11

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
$17.38
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.75
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
$1.74
Typical High
$1.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$1.15
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.79
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.42
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.11
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.59
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.29
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$1.15
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.13
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$20.42
1 more rate 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
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
JZ · No drug discarded
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$83.18

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 40th of 51

$11.75

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.