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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
Love County Health Center Marietta, OK $7.50 $0.96 – $0.96
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook, ME $7.74 $0.07 – $7.28
Richmond Community Hospital Richmond, VA $7.96 not published
Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital Hobbs, NM $8.19 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah, WA $8.34 not published
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane, WA $8.34 $0.27 – $0.27
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown, PA $8.51 $0.02 – $0.02
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL, TN $8.56 $0.04 – $2.83
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT, TN $8.56 $0.04 – $0.07
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY, TN $8.56 $0.04 – $2.83
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo, CA $8.76 $0.07 – $4.50
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital Lebanon, PA $8.80 $0.02 – $1.02
Memorial Regional Hospital Mechanicsville, VA $8.86 not published
Ascension St. John Medical Center (St. John Medical Center, Inc.) Tulsa, OK $8.88 $0.60 – $0.60
Ascension St. John Owasso (Owasso Medical Facility, Inc.) Owasso, OK $8.88 $0.50 – $0.50
Ascension St. John Jane Phillips (Jane Phillips Memorial Medical Center, Inc.) Bartlesville, OK $8.88 $0.28 – $0.64
Ascension St. John Nowata (Jane Phillips Nowata Hospital, Inc.) Nowata, OK $8.88 $0.28 – $0.30
Ascension St. John Sapulpa (St. John Sapulpa, Inc.) Sapulpa, OK $8.88 $0.47 – $0.47
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana, CA $8.93 $0.06 – $1.20
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance, CA $8.93 $0.06 – $1.42
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank, CA $8.93 $0.06 – $1.20
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CA $8.93 $0.02 – $0.95
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville, PA $9.00 $0.01 – $0.28
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport, PA $9.00 $0.01 – $0.17
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA $9.00 $0.01 – $0.17
UPMC Northwest Seneca, PA $9.00 $0.01 – $0.29
Southampton Medical Center Franklin, VA $9.00 not published
RIDEOUT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Marysville, CA $9.02 $3.43 – $4.25
Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Wheaton, IL $9.10 not published
St Mary's Hospital Richmond, VA $9.31 not published
CHRISTUS St. Francis Cabrini Hospital Alexandria, LA $9.47 $0.07 – $0.20
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma, WA $9.50 not published
St Francis Medical Center Midlothian, VA $9.54 not published
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver, CO $9.75 $0.05 – $0.07
Providence Medford Medical Center Medford, OR $9.93 not published
Providence Newberg Medical Center Newberg, OR $9.93 $0.02 – $0.02
Providence Seaside Hospital Seaside, OR $9.93 not published
Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center Oregon City, OR $9.93 $0.02 – $0.18
Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital Hood River, OR $9.93 not published
Providence Milwaukie Hospital Milwaukie, OR $9.93 $0.02 – $0.18
Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News, VA $10.20 not published
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott, AZ $10.39 $0.06 – $8.55
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata, PA $10.80 $0.03 – $1.02
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg, CA $11.22 $0.01 – $5.80
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown, WV $11.30 $0.01 – $0.02
Southern Virginia Medical Center Emporia, VA $11.94 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg, WV $12.02 $0.13 – $0.13
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg, WV $12.02 $0.02 – $0.02
MultiCare Deaconess Hospital Spokane, WA $12.20 not published
Providence St Joseph Medical Center Polson, MT $12.39 $0.04 – $0.05

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