Based on public Medicaid payment data.

Average Medicaid Prescription Medications Payments in Los Angeles, CA: $61.23

Avg. Paid

$61.23

Range

$0.00 – $2,664

Total Claims

617,979

Providers

282

Typical Payment Range

Typical Medicaid Prescription Medications payments fall between $0.68 and $14.54 per claim (median: $2.87). The top 10% of payments exceed $78.92.

Based on per-provider averages across all Medicaid claims in this category.

Prescription drug costs and pharmacy services covered under Medicaid. Includes brand-name and generic medications across all therapeutic categories.

Understanding these costs

The amounts shown are Medicaid reimbursement rates — what state Medicaid programs paid providers per claim. Medicaid typically pays well below private insurance rates and out-of-pocket prices. Use this data to compare relative costs between providers, not as a price estimate for privately insured or self-pay patients.

Providers Offering Prescription Medications in Los Angeles, CA

Provider	Avg. Paid	Claims	Patients
County Of Los Angeles 2051 Marengo St	$1.59	59,120	42,395
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Los Angeles (Mlk-La) Healthcare Corporation 1680 E 120Th St	$6.65	51,933	45,811
Dignity Community Care 1401 S Grand Ave	$2.77	35,012	31,742
White Memorial Medical Center 1720 E Cesar E Chavez Ave	$12.54	24,713	22,905
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals 6041 Cadillac Ave	$9.96	20,923	17,376
Regents Univ Of Calif Los Angeles 10833 Le Conte Ave Ste Be-144	$44.26	19,399	14,534
East La Dialysis Center 5830 Whittier Blvd	$11.82	19,040	2,067
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals 4867 Sunset Blvd	$10.65	14,676	12,966
Dva Healthcare Renal Care Inc 1700 E Cesar E Chavez Ave	$18.09	13,477	1,631
Childrens Hospital Of Los Angeles 4650 W Sunset Blvd	$90.92	13,406	12,617
Usc-Davita Dialysis Center Llc 2310 Alcazar St	$23.65	12,824	1,698
Los Angeles Hematology-Oncology Medical Group 1245 Wilshire Blvd Ste 303	$27.52	12,789	8,655
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 8700 Beverly Blvd	$20.17	12,013	9,678
Greater Los Angeles Dialysis Centers Llc 3986 S Figueroa St	$12.00	11,104	1,385
Cha Hollywood Medical Center, Lp 1300 North Vermont Ave	$6.04	10,860	9,542
James T Roe 1245 Wilshire Blvd	$5.47	10,472	775
Animas Dialysis Llc 950 S Eastern Ave	$5.25	10,340	1,175
Miroslaw Smogorzewski 1520 San Pablo St	$5.06	9,757	779
Leonid Kleynberg 6221 Wilshire Blvd	$5.57	9,551	2,538
Arshia Ghaffari 1520 San Pablo St	$5.24	9,220	704
Dva Renal Healthcare Inc 2021 S Flower St	$9.97	9,097	1,375
Pih Health Good Samaritan Hospital 1225 Wilshire Blvd	$6.68	8,907	7,716
Glassland Dialysis Llc 3901 S Western Ave	$20.73	8,804	1,284
Retina Vitreous Associates Medical Group 1245 Wilshire Blvd	$435.42	8,306	7,996
Khaled Aly Tawansy 7447 N Figueroa St	$734.05	8,175	4,650
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals 4700 W Sunset Blvd	$158.99	7,624	1,638
Kleynberg Medical Clinic Inc 6221 Wilshire Blvd	$47.52	6,833	2,177
John Patrick Kelly 2121 Malcolm Ave	$8.86	6,699	6,012
Greater Los Angeles Dialysis Centers Llc 1212 Wilshire Blvd	$9.97	6,656	1,068
Keck Medical Center Of Usc 1441 Eastlake Ave	$386.72	6,563	4,486
Total Renal Care Inc 5807 Avalon Blvd	$17.85	5,695	826
Greater Los Angeles Dialysis Centers Llc 5108 W Sunset Blvd	$10.13	5,519	866
University Of Southern California 1441 Eastlake Ave	$347.07	5,364	3,585
Jason Szu-Chieh Ho 1245 Wilshire Blvd	$7.24	5,183	2,945
Total Renal Care Inc 2723 W Temple St	$1.22	5,045	897
Gary You-Gang Chen 1414 S. Grand Ave	$41.02	4,918	4,372
University Of Southern California 1500 San Pablo Street	$154.33	4,545	3,605
Keck Medical Center Of Usc 1500 San Pablo St	$176.72	4,195	3,455
Total Renal Care Inc 11854 S Wilmington Ave	$2.86	4,042	496
Total Renal Care Inc 8151 Beverly Blvd	$6.20	3,972	769
Youram Nassir 5901 W Olympic Blvd Ste 505	$4.05	3,779	1,577
Total Renal Care Inc 1936 E 1St St	$9.04	3,424	534
Louis K Chang 100 Stein Plz	$1,523	3,391	2,644
Victor Manuel Duarte 200 Ucla Medical Plz Ste 550	$1.36	2,916	1,894
County Of Los Angeles 2051 Marengo St	$10.62	2,742	2,373
Lasika Chandradatta Seneviratne 1245 Wilshire Blvd	$33.75	2,735	1,385
Total Renal Care Inc 516 E Washington Blvd	$3.82	2,531	420
Complete Care Community Health Center, Inc 2928 E Cesar E Chavez Ave	$2.27	2,488	2,240
Olympia Health Care Llc 5900 W Olympic Blvd	$9.38	2,374	2,191
Jaron Ross Andersen 1513 S Grand Ave	$63.50	2,305	2,198

What to Expect: Prescription Medications

Medicaid covers most medically necessary prescription medications. Your copay is typically $0-3 for generic drugs and $0-5 for brand-name drugs. Some medications require prior authorization. Most prescriptions can be filled at any participating pharmacy. Mail-order pharmacy may be available for maintenance medications. 90-day supplies may be available for chronic conditions.

Cost Components

National average Medicaid payment per billing code. Individual rates vary by provider and state.

Code	Description	Avg. Paid	Claims	Providers
J1100	Dexamethasone sodium phos	$3.37	17,408,335	19,920
J1270	Injection, doxercalciferol	$16.67	15,455,545	1,785
J0696	Ceftriaxone sodium injection	$4.52	8,442,343	9,869
J1170	Hydromorphone injection	$3.20	6,069,586	3,002
J1200	Diphenhydramine hcl injectio	$3.10	5,922,771	3,790
J0690	Cefazolin sodium injection	$5.07	4,950,109	2,942
J1050	Medroxyprogesterone acetate	$38.04	2,722,661	5,740
J0131	Inj, acetaminophen (nos)	$15.79	2,017,135	1,612
J1030	Methylprednisolone 40 mg inj	$5.08	1,577,497	4,461
J0882	Darbepoetin alfa, esrd use	$63.10	1,115,197	646
J1040	Methylprednisolone 80 mg inj	$6.39	1,102,119	2,895
J0585	Injection,onabotulinumtoxina	$534.00	949,108	1,450
J0702	Betamethasone acet&sod phosp	$9.01	907,372	2,580
J0780	Prochlorperazine injection	$4.11	869,130	1,089
J0178	Aflibercept injection	$802.42	747,781	1,182
J0171	Adrenalin epinephrine inject	$5.61	533,091	956
J0897	Denosumab injection	$708.53	175,698	394
J1071	Inj testosterone cypionate	$3.01	121,666	206
J0636	Inj calcitriol per 0.1 mcg	$2.19	94,974	28
J0885	Epoetin alfa, non-esrd	$82.64	88,458	179
J1020	Methylprednisolone 20 mg inj	$3.48	88,065	344
J0881	Darbepoetin alfa, non-esrd	$149.52	63,199	108
J0878	Daptomycin injection	$167.80	55,762	36
J1245	Dipyridamole injection	$5.21	54,912	138
J0592	Buprenorphine hydrochloride	$15.56	48,440	32
J0153	Adenosine inj 1mg	$18.75	46,321	143
J0670	Inj mepivacaine hcl/10 ml	$0.91	37,668	90
J0129	Abatacept injection	$1,614	34,397	89
J0735	Clonidine hydrochloride	$6.85	32,191	92
J0610	Calcium glucon (fresenius)	$9.34	31,253	88
J0135	Adalimumab injection	$738.85	28,382	35
J1094	Inj dexamethasone acetate	$2.39	27,586	144
J0717	Certolizumab pegol inj 1mg	$2,072	22,279	41
J0697	Sterile cefuroxime injection	$0.94	18,132	47
J0256	Alpha 1 proteinase inhibitor	$2,389	16,156	1
J1250	Inj dobutamine hcl/250 mg	$6.92	14,579	60
J0588	Incobotulinumtoxin a	$295.98	10,950	18
J1325	Epoprostenol injection	$636.33	9,713	5
J1240	Dimenhydrinate injection	$0.02	8,738	12
J1000	Depo-estradiol cypionate inj	$11.84	1,738	11
J1230	Methadone injection	$4.00	1,439	2
J1212	Dimethyl sulfoxide 50% 50 ml	$175.32	1,145	5
J1265	Dopamine injection	$2.67	840	1
J0132	Acetylcysteine injection	$0.11	814	6
J0834	Inj., cosyntropin, 0.25 mg	$60.82	696	6
J1120	Acetazolamid sodium injectio	$8.30	446	4
J0713	Inj ceftazidime per 500 mg	$8.01	398	5
J0698	Cefotaxime sodium injection	$0.61	371	9
J0775	Collagenase, clost hist inj	$9,463	323	1
J0207	Amifostine	$23.74	42	—
J0120	Tetracyclin injection	—	—	—
J0133	Acyclovir injection	—	—	—
J0202	Injection, alemtuzumab	—	—	—
J0795	Corticorelin ovine triflutal	—	—	—
J1160	Digoxin injection	—	—	—
J1205	Chlorothiazide sodium inj	—	—	—
J1260	Dolasetron mesylate	—	—	—
J1290	Ecallantide injection	—	—	—
J1300	Eculizumab injection	—	—	—
J1301	Injection, edaravone, 1 mg	—	—	—
J1303	Inj., ravulizumab-cwvz 10 mg	—	—	—
J1305	Inj, evinacumab-dgnb, 5mg	—	—	—
J1320	Amitriptyline injection	—	—	—
J1322	Elosulfase alfa, injection	—	—	—
J1327	Eptifibatide injection	—	—	—

These are national Medicaid averages for each billing code. Actual amounts vary by state, provider, and complexity.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Prescription Medications cost in Los Angeles, CA?

Based on public Medicaid payment data, the average Medicaid reimbursement for Prescription Medications in Los Angeles, CA is $61.23 per claim, based on 617,979 claims from 282 providers. Typical payments fall between $0.68 and $14.54. Note: Medicaid rates are typically much lower than private insurance or self-pay prices.

How many providers offer Prescription Medications in Los Angeles, CA?

There are 282 Medicaid providers offering Prescription Medications related services in Los Angeles, CA according to public payment data.

What is the price range for Prescription Medications in Los Angeles, CA?

Medicaid reimbursement for Prescription Medications in Los Angeles, CA ranges from $0.00 to $2,664 per claim, with an average of $61.23. Private insurance and self-pay costs are typically higher than these Medicaid rates.

Average Medicaid Prescription Medications Payments in Los Angeles, CA: $61.23

Providers Offering Prescription Medications in Los Angeles, CA

What to Expect: Prescription Medications

Cost Components

Frequently Asked Questions

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