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Zidovudine Injection

Iowa rates for HCPCS J3485 · Retrovir

Injection, zidovudine, 10 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Retrovir (zidovudine) cost?

$1.51per 10 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.51 for each 10 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.51 from a physician practice, and about $1.51 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 10 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$1.51
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.51

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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.51$1.51 to $1.82
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.51$1.51 to $1.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $2Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $2
$1$2$5facility $2professional $2

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
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.91
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$4.57
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$3.16
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.66
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.51
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$1.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.46
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.23
Typical High
$0.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$0.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.23
Typical High
$0.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$0.16

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Arizona 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.

Iowa· 29th of 51

$1.51

AZ $2.57NC $1.51

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.