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Leuprolide Acetate

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $48.98 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
$48.98

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 7% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 8 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$48.98$22.39 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $17 to $91Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $45 to $55
$10$20$50$100facility $49professional $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
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$131.83
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$64.57
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$56.23
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
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 20th 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.