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Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet cost at US hospitals

DEXAMETHASONE 4 MG TABLET · HCPCS J8540

$0.46

lowest cash price

$5.85

national median

$88.19

highest cash price

464

hospitals with a published cash price

Middle half of hospitals (25th–75th percentile) against the full range. The same procedure varies $0.46–$88.19 — the variation is the story.

Cheapest published cash price

$0.46

Ascension St. Vincent's St. Johns County (St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.) — Saint Johns, FL

Most expensive published cash price

$88.19

St. Elizabeth Community Hospital — Red Bluff, CA

Median cash price over time

Aug 1, 2025 ($7.74) → Sep 1, 2026 ($47.72)

By state

State Hospitals Lowest cash Median Highest
Alaska 4 $24.96 $24.96 $24.96
Arizona 6 $1.38 $3.06 $10.39
Arkansas 9 $1.70 $4.87 $60.70
California 56 $0.61 $5.10 $88.19
Colorado 14 $2.39 $16.94 $58.50
Florida 61 $0.46 $3.90 $34.76
Georgia 20 $2.45 $2.45 $29.12
Hawaii 1 $1.70 $1.70 $1.70
Illinois 31 $0.54 $3.74 $36.75
Indiana 9 $47.72 $47.72 $47.72
Iowa 16 $0.51 $2.23 $50.84
Kansas 2 not published by hospital not published by hospital not published by hospital
Kentucky 19 $3.00 $4.20 $49.53
Louisiana 3 $9.47 $9.47 $9.47
Maine 7 $1.03 $3.44 $7.74
Maryland 2 $0.60 $0.60 $0.60
Michigan 18 $0.62 $1.21 $4.52
Minnesota 19 $2.86 $36.80 $57.82
Mississippi 2 $80.94 $80.94 $84.98
Missouri 18 $4.87 $6.12 $33.49
Montana 1 $12.39 $12.39 $12.39
Nebraska 5 $0.63 $0.81 $1.13
Nevada 3 $1.15 $5.13 $5.68
New Hampshire 1 $6.28 $6.28 $6.28
New Jersey 21 not published by hospital not published by hospital not published by hospital
New Mexico 2 $8.19 $8.19 $26.26
New York 21 $0.80 $5.17 $5.17
North Dakota 3 $3.52 $24.00 $42.57
Ohio 52 $2.13 $3.90 $80.16
Oklahoma 15 $4.87 $7.50 $44.72
Oregon 8 $2.41 $9.93 $57.34
Pennsylvania 30 $0.60 $3.60 $81.00
South Carolina 11 $19.17 $27.00 $27.00
South Dakota 6 $1.20 $5.50 $62.08
Tennessee 25 $7.41 $8.56 $84.98
Texas 101 $2.71 $33.77 $85.86
Virginia 20 $4.80 $9.00 $11.94
Washington 23 $1.39 $8.34 $44.55
West Virginia 17 $0.50 $6.00 $18.50
Wisconsin 31 $0.66 $2.64 $7.08

All hospitals

Hospital Location Cash price Negotiated range
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit, WI not published $0.04 – $0.16
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee, WI not published $0.04 – $0.16
Aurora Psychiatric Hospital Wauwatosa, WI not published $0.04 – $0.16
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan, WI not published $0.04 – $0.16
Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac, WI not published $0.04 – $0.16
Aurora Medical Center Kenosha Kenosha, WI not published $0.04 – $0.16
Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers, WI not published $0.04 – $0.16
Aurora Medical Center Grafton Grafton, WI not published $0.04 – $0.16
Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington, WI not published $0.04 – $0.16
Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette, WI not published $0.04 – $0.16
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay, WI not published $0.04 – $0.16
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn, NY not published $0.03 – $0.13
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway Rahway, NJ not published $0.02 – $0.09
Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI not published $0.02 – $0.02
Corewell Health Gerber Fremont, MI not published $0.02 – $0.02
Corewell Health Big Rapids Big Rapids, MI not published $0.02 – $0.02
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville, WI not published $0.03 – $0.11
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo, WI not published $0.03 – $0.11
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta, GA not published $0.11 – $0.11
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta, GA not published $0.11 – $0.11
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville, GA not published $0.11 – $0.11
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell, GA not published $0.11 – $0.11
SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, OK not published $0.07 – $0.13
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas, TX not published $0.04 – $0.04
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick, NJ not published $0.02 – $0.47
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria, LA not published $0.07 – $0.16
CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center Coushatta, LA not published $0.07 – $0.11
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks Glendale Heights, IL not published $0.14 – $0.14
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis, MO not published $0.02 – $0.03
AdventHealth Parker Parker, CO not published $0.03 – $0.11
HCA FLORIDA PASADENA HOSPITAL South Pasadena, FL not published $0.02 – $0.06
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx, NY not published $0.03 – $0.13
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373, NY not published $0.03 – $0.13
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville, NJ not published $0.02 – $0.09
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township, NJ not published $0.02 – $0.09
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin, NJ not published $0.02 – $0.11
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun, WI not published $0.03 – $0.17
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac, WI not published $0.03 – $0.17
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank, NJ not published $0.02 – $0.13
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen, NJ not published $0.02 – $0.11
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City, NJ not published $0.02 – $0.11
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison, NJ not published $0.02 – $0.38
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy, NJ not published $0.02 – $0.13
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica, NY not published $0.03 – $0.13
Corewell Health Pennock Hastings, MI not published $0.02 – $0.02
Ocean University Medical Center Brick, NJ not published $0.02 – $0.38
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, NJ not published $0.11 – $0.11
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel, NJ not published $0.02 – $0.02
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn, NY not published $0.03 – $0.13
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago, IL not published $0.08 – $2.35

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