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Cerliponase Alfa Injection

Washington rates for HCPCS J0567 · Brineura

Injection, cerliponase alfa, 1 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Brineura (cerliponase alfa) cost?

$120per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $123 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

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

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$120
At a hospital outpatient department
$123

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 2% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$120 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$120 to $186

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $102 to $275Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $120 to $123
$100$200facility $123professional $120

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
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$288.40
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
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
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 41st of 51

$120

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.