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Deferoxamine Injection

Washington 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 Washington, 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 $10.96 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
$10.96

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 10% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$10.00$8.51 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.96$10.00 to $13.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $10 to $19Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $11
$10$20$50facility $11professional $10

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.88
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
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.10

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 25th 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.