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Ganciclovir Injection

Illinois rates for HCPCS J1570

Injection, ganciclovir sodium, 500 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ganciclovir Injection cost?

$39.81per 500 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for each 500 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $100 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
$33.88
At a hospital outpatient department
$100

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 195% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$33.88$31.62 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$63.10 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $44 to $204Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $32 to $112
$50$100$200facility $100professional $34

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
$31.62
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$251.19
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$36.31
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
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.24

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 11th of 51

$39.81

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.