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Tocilizumab (2 Years of Age and Older) Injection

Ohio 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?

$10.23per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $16.22 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
$16.22

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 114% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$10.96 to $19.05

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $8 to $25Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $8 to $17
$10$20$50facility $16professional $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
$16.60
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.94
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.89
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$8.13

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 5th of 51

$10.23

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.