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BCG Placed Into the Bladder for Cancer

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 90586

A dose of BCG, a live weakened bacterium, supplied for putting directly into the bladder through a catheter as a treatment for early bladder cancer. It works by provoking the immune system to attack abnormal cells in the bladder lining, and is usually given as a course of weekly treatments followed by top-up doses. The charge covers the product itself; putting it into the bladder is billed separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does BCG Placed Into the Bladder for Cancer cost?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $269 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$191 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$229 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $145 to $550Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $162 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $269professional $214

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
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$199.53
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$537.03
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$234.42
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$537.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
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
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Arizona than in Alabama. 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.

Massachusetts· 4th of 51

$229

AZ $302AL $162

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.