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Leuprolide Acetate

Illinois rates for HCPCS J9218

Leuprolide acetate, per 1 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Leuprolide Acetate cost?

$52.48per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $100 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
$52.48
At a hospital outpatient department
$100

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 91% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$52.48$48.98 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$61.66 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $32 to $178Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $49 to $56
$10$20$50$100$200facility $100professional $52

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
$8.32
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$151.36
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$60.26

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 8th of 51

$52.48

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.