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Aminolevulinic Acid HCl for Topical Administration

Minnesota rates for HCPCS J7308 · Levulan Kerastick

Aminolevulinic acid HCl for topical administration, 20%, single unit dosage form (354 mg)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Levulan Kerastick (aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride) cost?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $490 from a hospital or other facility.

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$389$355 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$389 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,096Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $257 to $501
$200$500$1Kfacility $490professional $389

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
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
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
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$39.81

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Alaska than in Oklahoma. 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.

Minnesota· 41st of 51

$389

AK $589OK $355

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.