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Ganciclovir Injection

Iowa rates for HCPCS J1570

Injection, ganciclovir sodium, 500 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ganciclovir Injection cost?

$38.90per 500 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for each 500 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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
$39.81
At a hospital outpatient department
$33.88

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 15% less 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$39.81$33.88 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$33.88 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $34 to $76Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $32 to $100
$1$5$20$100facility $34professional $40

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
$33.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$44.67
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$104.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$120.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$37.15
Wellmark
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.59

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Wyoming than in Georgia. 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.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$38.90

WY $74.13GA $31.62

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.