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Protamine Sulfate, for Hemodialysis

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS A4802

Protamine sulfate, for hemodialysis, per 50 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Protamine Sulfate, for Hemodialysis cost?

$4.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.47$2.57 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$16.60 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $11 to $83Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $79
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $20professional $4

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
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.20
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
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
$1.74
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$4.47
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.20
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$4.47
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$35.48
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
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.51

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Maryland than in Kentucky. 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· 46th of 51

$4.47

MD $15.14KY $3.16

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.