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Leuprolide Acetate

South Carolina rates for HCPCS J9218

Leuprolide acetate, per 1 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Leuprolide Acetate cost?

$48.98per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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
$50.12
At a hospital outpatient department
$26.92

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 46% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$50.12$10.00 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$16.22 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $12 to $107Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $9 to $52
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $27professional $50

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
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$36.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$131.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$52.48
5 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
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$66.07

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 48th of 51

$48.98

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.