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Darbepoetin Alfa Injection

Michigan rates for HCPCS J0882 · Aranesp

Injection, darbepoetin alfa, 1 mcg (for ESRD on dialysis)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa) cost?

$3.09

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 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 $4.37 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.09$2.95 to $3.16
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.37$3.47 to $8.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $4
$5$10$20facility $4professional $3

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
$3.02
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
JW · Drug discarded
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$9.33
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.89
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.16
1 more rate 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
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
EC · Anemia drug, other cause
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$28.18

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Wyoming than in New York. 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.

Michigan· 18th of 51

$3.09

WY $7.94NY $2.95

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.