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Ganciclovir Injection

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS J1570

Injection, ganciclovir sodium, 500 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ganciclovir Injection cost?

$36.31per 500 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for each 500 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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
$46.77

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 38% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 9 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$46.77$38.02 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $32 to $95Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $32 to $69
$50$100facility $47professional $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
$31.62
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$32.36
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$109.65
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$45.71
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$69.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$109.65
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$69.18
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$72.44
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$38.02
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
$6.61
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 Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 21st of 51

$36.31

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.