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Leuprolide Acetate

New York 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 New York, 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 $53.70 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
$53.70

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 2% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$51.29 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $13 to $68Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $42 to $59
$10$20$50$100facility $54professional $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
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$61.66
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$67.61
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
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
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.90

Where New York 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.

New York· 16th 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.