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Leuprolide Acetate

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, 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 $69.18 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
$69.18

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 32% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$52.48$50.12 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$56.23 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $22 to $178Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $9 to $407
$10$20$50$100$200facility $69professional $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
$14.45
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$257.04
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$52.48
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$257.04
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$56.23
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$123.03
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$70.79
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
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 9th 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.