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Leuprolide Acetate

Colorado rates for HCPCS J9218

Leuprolide acetate, per 1 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Leuprolide Acetate cost?

$50.12per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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
$48.98
At a hospital outpatient department
$79.43

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 62% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$48.98$8.91 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$61.66 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $52 to $148Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $9 to $52
$10$20$50$100$200facility $79professional $49

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
$48.98
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$147.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$346.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$52.48
4 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.13

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Alaska 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.

Colorado· 39th of 51

$50.12

AK $72.44HI $10.96

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.