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Basiliximab Injection

Iowa rates for HCPCS J0480 · Simulect

Injection, basiliximab, 20 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Simulect (basiliximab) cost?

$5,012per 20 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,012 for each 20 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,012 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 20 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$5,012
At a hospital outpatient department
$4,786

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 5% less at a hospital than at a doctor's office.

Drug cost only. Giving the drug, the visit itself and any monitoring are billed on their own codes. We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,012$4,786 to $5,248
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$4,786 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $4,786 to $7,244Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $4,786 to $11,220
$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $5,012

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,165.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,918.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,011.87
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Delaware than in Oklahoma. 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.

Iowa· 27th of 51

$5,012

DE $11,220OK $4,677

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.