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Tocilizumab (2 Years of Age and Older) Injection

Colorado rates for HCPCS Q0249 · Actemra

Injection, tocilizumab, for hospitalized adults and pediatric patients (2 years of age and older) with COVID-19 who are receiving systemic corticosteroids and require supplemental oxygen, non-invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) only, 1 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Actemra (tocilizumab) cost?

$12.59per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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
$7.59
At a hospital outpatient department
$15.14

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 100% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.59$7.59 to $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$12.59 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $28Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $8 to $8
$10$20facility $15professional $8

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.85
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 1.9 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.

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$12.59

AK $12.88HI $6.61

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.