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Ustekinumab Intravenous Injection

South Carolina rates for HCPCS J3358 · Stelara

Ustekinumab, for intravenous injection, 1 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Stelara (ustekinumab) cost?

$14.79per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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
$14.13
At a hospital outpatient department
$19.95

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 41% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.13$11.48 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$16.22 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $12 to $32Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $11 to $17
$10$20$50facility $20professional $14

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
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.30
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.88
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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
JZ · No drug discarded
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 7th of 51

$14.79

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.