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Cerliponase Alfa Injection

Arizona rates for HCPCS J0567 · Brineura

Injection, cerliponase alfa, 1 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Brineura (cerliponase alfa) cost?

$195per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $372 from a hospital or other facility.

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mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$117
At a hospital outpatient department
$372

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 216% more 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$117 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$191 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $112 to $676Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $117 to $123
$100$200$500facility $372professional $117

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
$151.36
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
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
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Arizona than in Hawaii. 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.

Arizona· 1st of 51

$195

AZ $195HI $112

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.