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Artacent AC, 1 mg

California rates for HCPCS Q4189

Artacent AC, 1 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Artacent AC, 1 mg cost?

$21.38per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $871 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
$21.38
At a hospital outpatient department
$871

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 3974% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.38$21.38 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$69.18 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $25 to $1,905Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $21 to $26
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $871professional $21

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
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$109.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$36.31
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$57.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.70
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
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.09

Where California sits

The same service costs 1.7 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.

California· 36th of 51

$21.38

AK $33.88HI $19.95

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.