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Ganciclovir Injection

Virginia rates for HCPCS J1570

Injection, ganciclovir sodium, 500 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ganciclovir Injection cost?

$33.11per 500 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for each 500 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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
$31.62
At a hospital outpatient department
$64.57

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 104% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$31.62$31.62 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$45.71 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $32 to $81Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $32 to $56
$20$50$100facility $65professional $32

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
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$81.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$87.10
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$81.28
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$35.48
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
$16.60
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
$4.79
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.31

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 47th of 51

$33.11

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.