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Darbepoetin Alfa (Non-ESRD Use) Injection

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS J0881 · Aranesp

Injection, darbepoetin alfa, 1 mcg (non-ESRD use)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa) cost?

$3.09

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.09 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.09 from a physician practice, and about $3.98 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.09$3.09 to $3.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.98$3.09 to $5.37

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$10$100$1Kfacility $4professional $3

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
$3.09
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$7.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.77
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$8.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.63
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6,918.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.50
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.77
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$8.71
Tufts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$8.71

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Oklahoma than in Massachusetts. 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· 51st of 51

$3.09

OK $11.22MA $3.09

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.