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Budesonide, Noncompounded Inhalation Solution, per 0.25 mg

California rates for HCPCS J7633

Budesonide, inhalation solution, FDA-approved final product, noncompounded, administered through DME, concentrated form, per 0.25 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Budesonide, Noncompounded Inhalation Solution, per 0.25 mg cost?

$6.46per 0.25 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for each 0.25 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $5.75 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 0.25 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$6.46
At a hospital outpatient department
$5.75

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 11% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 9 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$6.46$5.37 to $6.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.75$5.01 to $10.00

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $0 to $17Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $0 to $9
$0.1$1$10$100facility $6professional $6

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
$6.46
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.75
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$630.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.05
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$9.55
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.10

Where California sits

The same service costs 389.0 times more in Minnesota than in Hawaii. 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.

California· 25th of 51

$6.46

MN $7.76HI $0.02

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.