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Leuprolide Acetate

South Dakota 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 South Dakota, 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 $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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
$58.88

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 17% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$50.12$13.49 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$58.88 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $48 to $93Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $11 to $59
$10$20$50$100$200facility $59professional $50

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$407.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
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
$23.44
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.17

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 33rd 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.