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Deferoxamine Injection

Missouri rates for HCPCS J0895 · Desferal

Injection, deferoxamine mesylate, 500 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Deferoxamine Injection cost?

$10.00per 500 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for each 500 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $15.49 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 500 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$10.00
At a hospital outpatient department
$15.49

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 55% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$10.00$8.71 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$11.48 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $76Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $15
$5$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $10

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
$8.51
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$26.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.72
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
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.55

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Arkansas than in Rhode Island. 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.

Missouri· 19th of 51

$10.00

AR $19.05RI $8.51

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.