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Darbepoetin Alfa Injection

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, 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 $6.61 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 $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.61$6.03 to $10.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $14Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$2$5$10facility $7professional $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
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.17
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$9.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$6.92
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$3.47

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 16th 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.